Sept. 2 rides

[Crankin]

Today I went and tested out the ride we are doing on 9/17 (again). We got lost last Sat. and now we have the cue sheet right. But... this is a hill ride. We added a couple of (6) miles to keep the group off of a main road and now there are 3 more climbs, one being pretty challenging. It was weird weather, with Ernesto, or what's left of him, coming toward New England. I was cold, then hot, then cold about every 15 minutes and the wind picked up considerably near the end. So... last week I felt great on this ride. Today, everything hurt and I am thinking I'm crazy to be doing a century in 3 weeks. But, the century is flat and this ride had about 3,000 feet of climbing, coming after a day when I rode one of my fastest speeds ever. Near the end, I was really losing it, I had to slow down a lot. We had ridden to our friend's house where the start is and when we got back there, I was wishing we had driven. But, I ate 2 shot blocks and made last 4.5 miles.

Total 53 miles in 3 hours 48 minutes.

[AuntieK]

Repeated the ride I tried last time because last time I rode it I got so sick to my stomach. I haven't felt well since, but had to go try it again to see if I could do better. I felt so much better today!
The leaves are starting to turn yellow, orange, and red, and it made for some pretty scenery. Wish I would have left a little earlier because the traffic was terrible. But otherwise had a great ride.