August 18 rides

[sundial]

How was your ride today?

Hubby and I headed out 7 a.m. to ride 34 miles. The weather was perfect, the temps were in the mid 70's and the traffic was light. We watched mist rising from the fields, watched a raccoon dart out in front of me, and heard an eagle nearby. Our speeds were considerably better since the heat wave and we were traveling 17.5-19 mph. Other times we dropped back to 15 or so. We enjoyed taking small breaks at the little country stores and had we had more time, we would have ridden much further. Hubby had to meet with someone at 11 so we cut it short. All in all it was a nice ride.

Did you guys have good weather too?

[Starfish]

How was your ride today? Did you guys have good weather too?

Glad you guys had a great ride! I know you've been having too much heat. Our weather was OK this morning, but deteriorating into clouds and rain. I'm just easing back into easy workouts after some post-Shasta rest. Today it will either be a short easy ride, or maybe just some cardio time in the gym.

[twiggjlm]

That sounds so nice! I'm glad you had such a nice ride.

My son, who happened to get a new bike also, his is a bmx tho, dOOd, went for a ride today. Ours was a lot shorter than 34 miles. We had a nice time getting used to our new bikes tho. He made me giggle when he tried some tricks!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

[redrhodie]

I'm a wind-wimp. I HATE the wind. Today, I am proud to report I went out in 30 mph gusts rather than stay in my warm comfy bed . It was also pretty cold, so I wore a long sleeve jersey and knickers for the first time in months. I kept telling myself it would be a tailwind on the way back, and for once, it was! Actually had a fun ride, but kept it short, only 13 miles (but I felt like I rode 30).

[Crankin]

Yes, the wind was pretty strong here in New England. I headed out for a 9 AM ride with friends, since my husband was painting some woodwork we had done. It was about 57 when I left, so I had arm warmers, knee warmers, and a vest on. Got to my friends and it felt great to be riding in refreshing weather instead of humidity and heat. I don't like wind either and one gust almost knocked me off of my bike! I did take the vest and arm warmers off after 4 miles. We rode a familiar route, all of my favorite streets in Acton, Boxborough, and Stow. It's a rolling route, with one little climb near my old house. I was able to stay with my friend's husband for about 3/4 of the ride. Then the little climb got to me and I couldn't keep up (he is really strong and about 10 years younger). He left us to do a long climb that we didn't want to do, so we headed back to her house. I decided to ride at my own speed and not slow for my friend; then when we were almost back i saw some other friends who were walking, so I stopped and chatted and eventually all 3 of us caught up and were riding together. There were lots of riders out today enjoying the weather. 23.5 miles, average 15.3.
I had to pass a tandem recumbent in my car going up Strawberry Hill Rd. on the curve. That was scary!

[makbike]

I joined the club for a 60 mile ride through southern Indiana. It has a fair number of hills tossed in but I felt strong and had a great ride. I have noticed this week that my legs feel really strong and I've been able to really push myself on my rides. I guess all my riding is paying off and I love the returns I'm getting!

We passed a baby opossum on the side of the road - it looked lost. I spied a yellow lab puppy lounging in an lazy boy recline on the front porch of a house we passed. The best sight of the day was the giant mushroom umbrella over a deck in a side yard. I wish I had a picture of this for it is hard to describe. It appeared to be a wooden frame with a giant blue tarp with yellow and red flowers painted on it stretched over the frame. It literally looked like a giant mushroom growing out the the center of this wooded platform.

The weather was perfect today - clear, blue skies, temps in the 70's when we started and low humidity. It felt a bit chilly after a week or more of 100+ temps. I think everyone enjoyed the cool air as we started out on our journey.

It was a great day to be on a bike!

It was such a great day here in Kentucky that I drove back into Louisville for the evening club ride! ExBF was the ride captain but we were civil to each other. I had a great ride - my little legs were packed with energy tonight! So I added another 25 miles to my day with an avg. speed of 17.5 mph. I think I'll sleep well tonight!

[Fredwina]

I thought about doing a century today, but My inner voice said wait. I did the short club club ride, had an iced Mocha Latte, and then set out for some additional miles to get a metric in. I was going to try and get you ladies a back view of Mt Baldy, but I had three flats in 100 degree temps, so I decided to turn around at the Lytle Creek Ranger station. I did take a pic on the way up:

Coming home I stopped at REI for more tubes, a patch kit(Ran out of glue) and more water

[Starfish]

Rain here today. Did gym cardio instead. Gorgeous pic, Fredwina!

[7rider]

It was beautiful here in Maryland today.
DH and I joined about 20 others on the N2 ride this morning.
In my rush to get out of the house (we were running late, as usual ), I forgot my Garmin on the computer desk. So, I had no metrics for my first "fast" ride on my new Seven ID8. I was distraught!
And....the group was insanely fast today for some reason. Thank goodness for traffic lights and re-group points, or I don't think I would have seen anyone all day. As it was, I barely had time to catch my breath again at those points, before they were off again.
A challenging ride, to say the least. My excuse: New ride, new riding position, so I'm using new muscles!
Best guesstimate, based on DH's computer (adding 10 minutes for how far ahead he was on me): 39.5 miles at a bit over 17 mph. Geez, it felt faster!

[teawoman]

I did 11 miles (out and back to my friend's house with tea in between ). It was rainy but warm and the rain wasn't hard. I'm soaked! It'll prolly rain for my tri tomorrow, but been there, done that .

Cute lil guys, cwo!