weekend rides October 6/7

[azfiddle]

I didn't see a post about rides this weekend.

I did a 75 mile ride, prepping for El Tour de Tucson in November. My team mates really pushed me on the pace line - and didn't let me take many pulls. I'm not that fast on my own, but we finished with about a 16.2 mph average. The weather was just about perfect.

I was too tired to ride today though- and my hamstring felt tight. I stretched and did yard work instead.

[Crankin]

2 small rides, well 3, if you count Friday.
On Friday, I rode with my friend. We did hills in Bolton and Harvard, it was gorgeous out, about 75. When we were about 3 miles from her house, I was far ahead, waiting for her in west Acton, when my phone rang. Her kevlar tire had exploded. She said it was cut right through, so I sprinted back to her house, got my car, and picked her and her bike up. 24 miles.
On Saturday DH and I did a 21 mile loop into Westford and Chelmsford and back. I hadn't done this ride in about 6 weeks. We had an incident with a car in Carlisle, in a very rural, very popular road for cyclists. Without going into details, I surmise the driver was not familiar with driving or riding rules in this country.That got my HR up, but the ride was still good. The fall colors are really nice this year.
Yesterday, I forced myself out to do a 16 mile loop, with a nice hill in the middle. It was considerably cooler out, which I like. That finally burned whatever allergy/sinus thing has been hanging around,inside my body.

[Catrin]

It sounds like both of you had fun and you were able to push yourselves Crankin - glad to hear the driver incident worked out and you were able to still have a good ride.

No riding for me this weekend until I get my cleat/pedal issues resolved. No riding in traffic when I can't depend on my cleat to behave in a predictable manner - so it was pretty much a restful weekend full of cooking and house cleaning - with a nice hike thrown in. Both of my bikes were looking at me with that "come hither" look in their wheels, it was hard to turn them down. The trails were too wet Saturday, and I've a weekend of mountain biking and camping coming up next weekend anyway.

[Aromig]

Catrin -- are you going to Brown County? I don't mountain bike (yet!), but my son is interested, and I live in Columbus so we've been thinking of just running over to Brown County this weekend to see demos, etc. since its less than fifteen minutes from us! Have you been there in the past? Is it worth it to stop over for a few hours?

[Catrin]

Catrin -- are you going to Brown County? I don't mountain bike (yet!), but my son is interested, and I live in Columbus so we've been thinking of just running over to Brown County this weekend to see demos, etc. since its less than fifteen minutes from us! Have you been there in the past? Is it worth it to stop over for a few hours?

It is 100% worth it, you won't regret it! Here is a link to the schedule, the demos start at 10 Saturday morning and will be in the parking lot at the southern end of Pine Loop. You will see them from the guard house at the entrance, so no problem about getting lost. I will be at my volunteer duties elsewhere from 10-2:00 Saturday, but enjoy what you can stay for! The Brown County Breakdown weekend is the height of my fall, crossing my fingers the weather will cooperate! Last year the weather was beautiful.

[Giulianna23]

I went on a very short ride with a friend on Saturday morning. It was schedule to be 25 miles but we just did 10 due to the fact that on Thursday I went Mountain biking and hurt my wrist when I crashed into a tree and it was hurting I could have done a few more miles but I decided better not to put any more pressure to it.