Jan. 14 Rides

[Gidiup]

Today I rode my husband's Christmas present. I gave him a bike trainor and my bike. (He gave me a Specialized Ruby for Christmas) Anyway, it was my first time on a trainer and I actually enjoyed it. The trainer came with a training CD by Chris Carmichael so I was entertained. I rode for 70 minutes and I felt just like I usually do when I ride outside, GREAT!!

[emily_in_nc]

I did my first ride (outside - been riding religiously on the trainer 2x a week) since late October today. Couldn't let a 70-degree day in January (!!!) pass by without hauling out my mountain bike and taking a spin around the easy single-track trails on our property. We'd already done a five-mile hike this morning, and I'm out of mountain biking shape, so this was a short ride but great fun. I took it easy, not knowing how riding on dry leaves would be, but didn't fall, thank goodness. It felt great to be riding outdoors again -- and in shorts and short-sleeves in January, no less!

DH came out and took some photos of my riding, so I changed my avatar to my mountain biking persona! (I sure wish TE allowed just slightly higher-resolution avatars; I had the devil of a time trying to shrink a photo to under 10K and still have it look human!!) Actually, you gals will be the judge if it looks human or not!

Emily

[suzieqtwa]

I rode 25 miles in 30 degree weather this morning ,but it was sunny. I was so tired the whole ride, I wanted to fall asleep. I think the cold weather is taking all my energy ,and fuel. I want warm weather to come back.