Sunday 8/30/09 rides

[Miranda]

Beautiful sunny day here in the midwest. A bit windy. Cooler--w/a nip of Fall in the air. My favorite season. Hence... I really wanted to ride longer, but resisted. Suppose to be tapering for my century now. 15mi easy spinning of recovery for me today after yesterday's harder training. Just lovely though to not be pea soup thick w/humidity.

[redrhodie]

60º this morning when I left! Rain, too. I wore long sleeves and a bolero for the first time in months. Did my favorite 20 mile loop. My legs felt like lead for some reason, maybe because I just lowered my saddle, maybe I was a little dehydrated. The cool air felt great, as did the light rain.

[Crankin]

After the tropical depression all day yesterday, it is actually nice out now. Red, you must have gone out early; wait I saw it was still raining down on the coast...
Just did a nice 19 mile ride, cool breeze, sun, humidity going down. Nothing special, but good. Leaving to go help son move, so no long ride today.

[Pan Dulce]

I did the Tour de Coeur charity ride for cancer today. Not a big turn out - I'd guess maybe 30 to 40 people came. It was a little over 30 miles. The most I had ridden before today was 18 miles!

It was a beautiful ride along lake Coeur d'Alene. I loved it. I wished there had been more people, because the pack got really stretched out and most of the ride I didn't see anyone else. I was kinda proud because my average speed went up from my previous rides, even though I almost doubled my mileage! Only 12.6 MPH, which is still kind of pathetic I guess..

[Kano]

Not at all pathetic! 12mph is a lovely average! Mine was a whopping 10.6 today, for our ride into town for Sunday morning coffee. Round trip was about 17 miles -- half downhill and half up!

I had more miles in me even though today is a "cranky knee day," but DH was having a "dragging butt day" -- he's had way too many of those lately! -- and HE wouldn't go any farther.

It's a bit chilly here too, considering -- friday was 102, and this morning, upper 50's, a wee bit of rain, like ten drops, not even worth taking cover from! I think I'd better get that bolero I've had cut out for months now stitched together! Gonna need the sleeves soon!

Karen in Boise

[bmccasland]

I did another MS training ride today - 50 miles, flat to gentle rolling hills, back to flat, average speed was 15.7 mph. About 200 riders total out for the ride.

Unfortunately about 8 miles into the ride, a rider in the paceline in front of me taped wheels with the rider in front of her, and she went down. No one else crashed. Somehow a chunk was taken out of her helmet just above her eye. We got back on the road after she was loaded into the ambulance. I haven't heard yet how she's doing. Pretty much pain on every bumpy part on her right side (head, shoulder, elbow, hip, knee).

So a group of us that should have been riding the middle of the pack, were in the back. When I rolled into Rest Stop 1, I was the last rider in. As it was very humid, and folks were burning yard debris, my lungs weren't too happy. I had trouble keeping up.

(Bonnie Cat, is trying desparately to get my attention, and is currently lying on top of my left hand)

I took one short cut, shaving 5 miles off the full route as I spent most of the time riding by myself. Riding 50 miles solo is completely different than being in a paceline. I prefer a paceline

[HoosierGiant]

Rode the century portion of the Wabash River Ride near Lafayette, Indiana -- 106 miles. Windy, hilly, overcast, windy, hilly, grey skies, windy, hilly, and BRRR chilly cold!! High temp was 68 degrees, but I'm one of those crazy individuals who's not warm until it's at least 85 degrees. Crossed the Wabash numerous times; otherwise, never saw it. We did, however follow a gazillion railroad lines -- not quite as scenic.