April 20th rides

[redrhodie]

Just the highlights: Lots of riders out, and I didn't get passed! I passed a guy on a road bike, climbing a hill. I rule!

[redrhodie]

Okay, I'll fess up. The guy on the road bike was, like, 80 .

[Popoki_Nui]

Okay, I'll fess up. The guy on the road bike was, like, 80 .

rofl. I hate it when that happens! Last weekend two senior-type gentlemen on MTB's blew by me like I was in reverse.

Sunny and warm here today...big change from yesterday's snow! I was going to ride...I even got a bike out and prepped to ride. But instead I mowed the back lawn and the grass in the cat-run, and spent the day in the cat-run with my cats, reading old magazines and making much-needed vitamin D.

[CindyVA]

It rained buckets all day here in the DC area. No ride for me.

Cindy

[Fredwina]

since some folks have complained about our women's ride bee to "begginerish". I scout out out a route for more accomplished folks. I would have done the ride with the begginers, but got a call that blue was ready to be picked after the 30 day tune up.

[sundial]

I did just a smidgen under 20 miles. I could have ridden more but everyone was pooped out and needed to get back home. It was sunny, in the high 60's, and slightly breezy.

[SlowButSteady]

My highlights: almost got hit by a car. I don't know how I didn't fall. Divine intervention or something.

But hey, I rode a long way and the rest was fun.

[chicago]

Beeauuuuuuuuuuuuuutiful day in Chicago today! Did my first invitational, well it was my bike club's invitational... still my first for 2008... so I worked registration and then we all rode. Ended up with 60mls... route was 68, but some were tired, so we cut it short... but nevertheless, great day today

[Melalvai]

My husband dragged me kicking & screaming to my 16 yr high school reunion. 23 people in my graduating class, 9 attended, I walked in and did not recognize anyone. That was a shock.

When we got home from that trip, my husband agreed to a short bike ride. I hoped for a 30 min ride but was disappointed. He was ready to turn around at 1.7 miles. I'm trying so hard to be cheerful and encouraging about the almost 4 miles we rode today. But I feel very whiny and frustrated!!

Actually his lack of riding fitness is seriously the very least of my problems right now. Prospective unemployment and homelessness still looming over me...

[Geonz]

Hang in there... hang in there. Soon as I get my squatters out you can move in to my house :-)

I rode to church... then grabbed plastic sheeting and some bricks and went over to my house to spread it over the creeping charlie invasion (bricks down low in the bags made for that "gravity juju" and fun travel). Then out to the show and go on the red bike goin' fast as I could... figured that would give me a good workout, YES. Then we charged into the 15 mph winds to St. Boniface and came back... and my green friend had called and met me out there and we spent a mile pickin' up cans and figuring out logistics for working that into rides.
Then pushed a *bit* on the ride back home to put the orange cast-iron pump handle (I *think*) that I'd picked up with the cans, since I knew it didn't weigh any more than the bricks, on top of that plastic sheet. Then reasonably fast ride out to Panera wishing I had taken the folder because dang it, them potholes hadn't moved since earlier in the day. THen back home - but pausing at the burned out house where there was a crowd gathered... and JOhn from the bike hsop was there and told me it was "site specific dance" (and he said they'd scrubbed the carpets all day at the LBS so I should say something to FPTRNT about them :P Sioux likes that it is assumed we will talk :-) ) and some people asked about the Xtra and there were like 8 bikes parked around by the time I left.
49.79 miles (But I was already out later enough than expected so I didn't do 50 ).

[KnottedYet]

Two miles! Yeah, baby, I'm a stud!
(ran an errand during a sunny break between the snow and hail flurries)

[melissam]

I did an AIDS/Lifecycle training ride today. My goal was to see what it would be like to ride 75 miles after riding a pretty hilly century yesterday -- kind of an abbreviated dress rehearsal for June.

For the first part of the route, I began to suspect that someone had substituted two lead pipes for my legs. Fortunately once I warmed up, it got better, which bodes very well for June.

Here's a pic from our lunch stop in Woodside:

[Aggie_Ama]

DH and I went camping at Garner State Park this weekend. Yesterday we did a 52 miler from Garner to Leaky to Vanderpool to Utopia to the Park. The 12 mile stretch between Leakey and Vanderpool (SH 337) was a beast!! There was two 2+ mile climbs with some little steep sections to keep it fun. I am still a little sore this morning but ready to go back.

[indysteel]

Started from home to meet up with a club ride: 10 miles
Did the club ride and felt really good for most of it: 53 miles
Got talked into doing another slightly hilly loop: 24 miles
Rode home: 9 miles

For a grand total of 96 miles.