Septmeber 15 Rides!

[Fredwina]

I'm going to have supper on Olvera street in downtown LA, so I did the short version of the club ride. The only problem was that we a bit too disorganized and lost several riders
had a latte, stopped by REI and got some chain lube, put some checks in the bank, and came home.
total 36.23 miles

[RoadRaven]

Well... I think this might be the first time I have posted in one of the daily ride threads

Hi there regulars

My ride for the 15th (which is now yesterday - its 7:15am on Sunday morning, 16th!) was a club ride.

We had an "Interclub" age-graded race, with visitors from Palmerston and Wellington joining us for the day. Unfortunately, only one vet woman came up from the other clubs, so the womens field was not big - mostly just Ramblers gals, and there was only one other woman in my age group (vet 2). So essentially all I had to do was finish to get 2nd place points.

Hills aren't my forte, so I had decided this would be a good training ride not a race and exceelnt preperation for an upcoming hilly 50km event i have.

An under-19 woman was feeling very nervous, she hadn't ridden for ages so I told her I would ride with her to the hills when I assumed she would probably go up better than me.

We ended up doing the whole ride together - I towed her on the flats, sometimes she got to the top of hills before me, I caught her or followed her downhills and so the cycle went. I had a great workout and she finished the whole race. She said to me she was so proud of herself. She had thought to pull out after the first lap (there were 2 laps) but I told her that I would get out the whip and crack it... and that all we had to do was set a steady pace - which we did!

A really enjoyable ride.

Total 52km (plus warmup of 10km) and 2hours 20minutes on the hills.

Fredwina, I would have enjoyed that latte...

[makbike]

I hosted a 50 mile ride for the club this morning. Nine adventuresome souls made their way up the expressway to my community to join in the fun. It was quite chilly this morning (51 F) with a 10 mph wind blowing out of the NE but the skies were a solid blue and the sun was doing its best to warm us up as we made our way through the little communities of Jacksonville, Bagdad and Chestnut Grove. I put the arm warmers on, my wind jacket, tights and glove liners in an attempt to stay warm (I'm a weather weanie). The pace was gentle and everyone seemed to be having a great time. We were treated along the way to a small herd of horses (I counted seven) racing us across their pasture as we may our way up the road which runs parallel to their lot. We passed the rooster ranch and that stirred up some conversation. It was a great day to be on a bike!

[mimitabby]

A gal from the Redmond Cycling club sent out an email advertising a "Low key" bike ride around Lake Washington. I didn't really feel like doing 50+ miles, but I liked the low key part.

To my delight, 3 of the nicest people in the club were there, and none of them were in the mood to go too fast. Weather was mostly overcast with some sun breaks, so we never got too hot. There were plenty of hills, some short ones with grades over 13% (but who's counting)

I felt quite puny but was able to keep up with everyone for the whole 42 miles.

we ended up doing a modified north lake loop with some interesting detours in Kirkland and Mercer Island.

[DDH]

My stepmother and I headed out for a ride and we weren't sure how far we watned to go. I have not been on the bike in 3 weeks due to my son breaking his ankle and appts. for him and my MIL and then after you haven't been on in a while it becomes a chore at times to find the time or want to get out there. Anyway, we headed toward a ride I'm use to doing that is about 17 miles and I told her there was a 30 mile route I've been wanting try that I had ridden in the car sometime back. Well, we did the 30. I was very surprised I was able to make it but I did. I was very proud of both of us.
There were a lot of challanging hills on that ride and I did pretty good for the first 22 miles and then I started to feel everything. My hip was hurting my hands were going numb my feet were on fire, but we couldn't quit, the only way home was on the bikes and there was no turn around point to get you there any quicker. I'm glad we did it. Now I know I can because I couldn't wimp out. LOL

[mimitabby]

YAY DONNA! (you went riding with your stepmother?!)

30 miles is a great achievement. I was feeling it long before 30 miles on my own ride. Good thing i am too embarrassed to whine.