July 26 Rides

[tulip]

I didn't see today's ride thread, so I created one (hope that's okay).

I altered my commute today, and it worked quite well. I came in a few minutes faster than usual. It's still 14 miles to work, but fewer lights downtown (I was in sync with the lights, what a great thing!). I also wore my new helmet, as the old one is three years old and was getting uncomfortable after three years of my head sweating in it.

I'm so glad to be able to ride my bike to work and home again. It really is a great way to start the day and dissolve the stresses of work (and I love my job!).

[Tater]

Usual commute, but a bit more eventful this time. I got to moo at a few baby cows, wave at two other bike commuters and a few early morning runners trying to beat the heat. Also saw sun pillars over the mountains about forty-five minutes before sunrise. That was cool!

[Geonz]

I *did* get a little bit of an early start!!! Yay! (Realized the weak point in the plan is that the alarm's just a little too late - mental dialogue "it's already too late to get up early, I might as well hit snooze" - but effectively combatted with "okay, but you at least want to be early enough to be alone in the parking lot to stick that sign on the abandoned bike on the rack...")
So, tomorrow, the alarm goes off a little earlier... gotta not get too rambunctious at teh Mary Poppins Sing-along tonight

[Fredwina]

Did a longer route. It looks liek we may hve the onshore flow, which means cooler temps. The Bad news was it was cloudy

[DDH]

Went my full 10 miles today finally. LOL Even though I didn't get enough sleep and didn't eat this morning, my Avg speed was better (11 instead of 10.3) Go figure!! LOL I don't know how that happened. I felt like I was going to have a long drawn out sluggish ride this morning, but I guess once I got out there and got started I felt better.
DH adjusted my stem up last night and it seems to have helped some, I don't feel so sore in my private area today. Yeah!!! It may have been that I was more conscious of how I was sitting too, since I was already sore. I'll leave things like they are for now and ride a few more times before I make a determination.

Hope everyone has a great day.

[mtbdarby]

Did a 10 mile spin on my trainer. How boring! Is it just me or is it mentally harder to pedal on your trainer when it's nice outside???? I was almost a mph slower so I just concentrated on spinning. My hand hurt even on the hybrid today, but ssshhhh, don't tell the PT that. It's the only bike left I haven't been banned from riding.........then I ran at lunch time. OK, I don't move fast enough to call it a run but it was faster than a walk. It's still pretty steamy out there.

[eclectic]

Went my full 10 miles today finally. LOL Even though I didn't get enough sleep and didn't eat this morning, my Avg speed was better (11 instead of 10.3) Go figure!! LOL I don't know how that happened. I felt like I was going to have a long drawn out sluggish ride this morning, but I guess once I got out there and got started I felt better.
DH adjusted my stem up last night and it seems to have helped some, I don't feel so sore in my private area today. Yeah!!! It may have been that I was more conscious of how I was sitting too, since I was already sore. I'll leave things like they are for now and ride a few more times before I make a determination.

Hope everyone has a great day.

Hooray! I specifically went on this today to see if you made it out again

Glad to see all went well! And faster to boot