Yesterday I completed the longest ride of my brief cycling career, a 30 mile ride with TNT, training for my first century.

I was so jazzed after my ride yesterday, not only because I had finished it, but because it was harder than anything I have experienced so far. There were several rollers and my first climb. Though my quads were screaming, the weather was gorgeous and I was so excited to move closer to my goal.

Then I heard today that 2 cyclists were struck and killed this morning on the route I rode yesterday. I remembered descending yesterday down the road and seeing a pick-up zoom around a bend in the opposite lane and thinking how even when we as cyclists do everything right, there are still drivers out there who are oblivious to the fact the the second they take to check their cell phone or whatever else is a second that is endangering our lives.

This has me pretty shaken. But it WILL NOT keep me from riding, and it will not keep me from riding that route again. Just wanted a place to vent my frustrations.