June 14th rides

[KathiCville]

Another toasty day here in Central VA......Got in 26 miles starting at 6:45 a.m. this morning. I could feel the heat kick in by 7:30. Rode one of my favorite loops through the countryside northwest of town. Pretty and quiet on a Saturday morning. Only a couple of other cyclists out and about. Lots of folks are probably still recovering from last weekend's MS150, which took place on two days when the heat index was over 100 degrees........I wasn't particularly pushing this morning, but noted when I compared the ride to the same rides/route in March and April, I've picked up my pace a little. Yay! .......Tomorrow, for Father's Day, I'm taking my BF and his nine-year old daughter for a MTB jaunt at a nearby state park, followed by swimming and picnic. It will be my first ride on trails, rather than gravel road. (Yikes!) I'm not planning to go either fast or far, LOL!

[makbike]

I crossed the river today and ventured into southern Indiana for an organized event. I have tried to participate for several years but family obligations and work have always kept me from riding. Today I signed up and rode the Safari Ride in New Pekin, Indiana. I had been told the second SAG was to die for - home cooked food and all you could eat. Previous menus included homemade pies, puddings, pasta salads, pulled pork. The group was abuzz about the food which was waiting for us about 25 miles into the ride. The course was well marked and the SAGs had lots of good food (fresh fruit and homemade cookies). We arrived at the second SAG only to learn there was no home cooked food this year - a break down in communications between the family that host the meal and the new organizers. There were lots of sad faces. As one club member pointed out it was like Christmas morning when you just knew the gift you had asked for was under the tree only to discover after all the packages had been distributed and opened that your dream gift was not there. So with long faces we pushed on. The route took us through some beautiful rural areas, we climbed some hills and we encountered very little traffic. In reality it was a great ride and a great day to be on a bicycle. I logged 57.5 miles today and now I think it is time to take a nap. I need to rest before I start cleaning my house.

[Flur]

Rode 12 miles around the lakes by my house with my DH. We're both getting back into riding so this was pretty good for us. We had wonderful weather for riding, although it was a bit windy, but we were thrilled b/c the forecast was for rain. I wouldn't complain if it stayed like this for the rest of the summer.

[Fredwina]

As usual I did a metric.
I had my choice of rides, but did the club ride with some friend. Chatted a whole lot, which kept the speed down, but Had a good time.
It's over 100, so I got started at 6 am . but I was done before noon.
I sorta wondered around the neighborhood, so mostly the usual stuff
And It wouldn't be a Fredwina post without Pics!
The mountains:

Downtown Upland:

The view from Mile 62.14:

[Crankin]

I'm starting to do more rides like I used to; no plans, just go out and ride. We started at around 10:45 and rode the beginning part of my commute to work and then went into Acton and Littleton. Rode up Nagog Hill the easier way and when I realized how long the downhill was, I remembered the first time I climbed it going the other way. It was my first club ride and it was 98 degrees out. Did a bit more climbing in Littleton and then headed back through some familiar roads in our old town. This whole ride was shaded and goes past several apple orchards and farms. On the way back, some old lady was driving crazy, all over the road, as we were descending School St. in Acton, heading back to Concord. Finally, after she came right up beside me and gunned her engine, I yelled for my husband, and he turned around and asked her what her problem was. She was lost and trying to ask us for directions, but in a very strange way. It was scary and there was a whole line of cars backed up behind her, probably wondering what was going on. Anyway, we ended up doing about 26.5 miles, with about 2,000 ft. of climbing, 15.2 average.
My German exchange student is here visiting for a long weekend. He is a professional cyclist with Rite Aid, and is now living in Philadelphia. What a crazy life. He arrived bearing flowers for me and empties the dishwasher without being asked, so I can't complain.

[RolliePollie]

Just like Crankin, this morning I left the house with no real plans for my ride. I love that kind of a ride. Just get out there and ride, go where you want, and ride as long as you want. Of course this is much easier to do when I ride alone. My local ride routes are great because there are lots of different options. I can easily add extra loops or take shortcuts depending on what I feel like doing. The only thing I can't avoid are hills, hills, and more hills. So I ended up riding 32 hilly miles. When it started getting hot and smoky (there are tons of fires burning in Northern CA right now), I decided to call it quits.

Here's a picture of me in my parents' driveway. I rolled in to visit them and my dad was out taking pictures of the yard. This is the only decent picture out of the bunch because I'm far enough away from the camera. All the closer pictures are horrifying because you can see my fat blubbery thighs! Ahhhhh!

[Mr. Bloom]

New Pekin, Indiana

Where is that?

I did 46 miles - took a beginner group training for the tri-athlon on a 10 mile ride and then Silver and I did 36 miles to Hatfield, Indiana

Hatfield, Indiana...where's that?

Anticipating makbike's question and posing it as her...it's between our home and Owensboro Kentucky