June 10 Ride Reports

[hibiscus09]

Yippee! Rode the first "longer" ride on my MS150 training schedule -- 20 miles -- which felt like a long way to someone who hasn't ridden regularly in a while. My pace is still somewhat turtlesque -- 14.11mph average pace -- but hey, I'll take it!

I rode at Kiawah Island and it's soooo beautiful! I saw everything naturewise -- alligators (not on the road -- LOL), spiders, a snake, herons, doggies, men, women and children -- oh, and the marsh and the ocean!

I have to figure out how to eat to fuel these rides -- I had 200 carbs yesterday and then this morning did carbs before and after the ride -- now, I'll taper them down as the day goes on. Anyway, feeling pretty good so far!

Happy Saturday!

[crazybikinchic]

I did my 22 miler today. That is a short ride for me, but considering that I haven't been riding much lately, I feel really good. I felt strong today. I was riding probably faster than I had been been my long break. I felt stronger on the hills. It is amazing how free I feel on my bike. What a great day. I think some "protein" flew in my mouth, but it was small and went right down. The nice thing is that I didn't gag like crazy. I just thought about the extra protein boost I got. The true test is how I do this week.

Hope you all had great rides and have even better Saturday's

[AuntieK]

So far today, I rode 11 miles with DH, because he wanted someone to ride with. I'm also planning on a 38 mile ride with a big hill climb later on today.
The weather is perfect for riding today. It's been raining like crazy the last day or so, so the weather is a bit cooler than usual, around mid 70s. It should only get up to about 80 today, but it's sunny and beautiful.

[alpinerabbit]

I just completed 102 km. Mostly flat. Tomorrow will involve some climbing again and perhaps watching the pros at the Tour de Suisse, it comes by where I live.....

[yellow]

So far today, I rode 11 miles with DH, because he wanted someone to ride with. I'm also planning on a 38 mile ride with a big hill climb later on today.

Hey AK, where did you ride? Did it seem unusually humid for Utah to you? My buddy Death-Ride Martha and I rode from East Canyon resort out to Mountain Green and back (57 miles). Not a particularly difficult ride but we both struggled for the last 20 miles or so. The temps were perfect, so it certainly wasn't the heat. We were both a little puzzled about how awful we felt! Hopefully your ride was better!

Oh! I also wore a hole in my favorite shorts. First time that's happened. Perhaps I need to do some inner thigh reduction work!

[SandyLS]

My daughter (adult) and I did a supported ride put on by the local bike club. We did a 50k ride (36 miles). It is so much fun seeing so many people of different ages and abilities all out enjoying a beautiful day on their bikes. Plus the food stops and lunch are always great. Later this afternoon I rode another 9 miles with my hubby.

[DebW]

I took a 20 mile ride today in the rain. I'm doing the Tour de Cure 150 miler in 5 weeks, so figured I should get used to riding in the rain. The ride was fine, though I was a little nervous about stopping distance. We've had so much rain that the rivers are all in flood. I turned down one road that I ride often and saw a sign saying that the road was flooded. Since the sign was there 2 weeks ago because of the flooding 4 weeks ago, I wasn't sure if it was really flooded or not, so I rode on. It turned out that the pond had overflowed onto the road. One lane was really buried, the other had only 4-6 inches of water on it, so I rode across (kind of half rode-half scooted). Stopped and talked to an older woman in a car on the other side and told her the road conditions. Then I rode on, and encountered 3 cars traveling too fast towards a flooded road with one lane barely passable. I gave them a hand sign to slow down and they all ignored me - one even blew a horn at me. This is a road that floods frequently and everyone knows it. This part of town actually turns into an island once every 3 or 4 years.

It's supposed to stop raining tomorrow. But I'm going to be riding in wet shoes.

[KnottedYet]

Rode 12 miles then walked 4 miles with Team Survivor. One of those "brick" workouts. Got into a great conversation with another cancer survivor about our wives and how different one's sense of humor and proportion are after cancer. Sometimes the S.O. doesn't get it, but we tend to be more patient because of it. We were the last to return to the transition area even though we were walking briskly!

After the ride and walk I really felt like I could go another 12 miles. How funny to have 12 feel like "not enough"! I remember a couple months ago needing to take a nap after a 14 mile ride!

The weather was great; cloudy but not raining with a few sunbreaks. The light and the shades of gray over Lake Washington were utterly gorgeous. There were 50 or 60 people from different groups doing "bricks", lots of swimmers jumping onto bikes and bikers pulling on running shoes all over the park.

[SR500]

Rain, Rain, Rain, we were signed up for a 60 mile loop, but did 7. 3.5 to the donut shop and back. Too cold and too wet for June, but any ride is a good ride, and donuts make it even better...