February 17 Rides

[Brandy]

Here's my post from the Ca. forum. It's not a full ride report, but I'm still too lazy to write it up...lol.

I started with the early group at 5:30 and by the time I left the first rest stop at mile 38, my friend George who started at 6:15, had caught me. I was leaving as he was coming in, but he caught me again a couple of miles later and I thought I would try to hang with him for awhile. Well, my "awhile" turned into the entire day...he was on a fixed gear but still had to slow his pace a bit for me and I was so appreciative. He caught my overheating before I did and made me pull off and dunk my head under a faucet and really took care of me all day. He was there to talk me through the lulls and assure me that I would recover and get my game back. Of course, I had to give him crap since he talked me into Butterfield saying "you want to get doubles in early during the season when it's cold because once it heats up, everything changes"...lol...it was SO HOT and windy yesterday!

So...having him there made all the difference in the world. I was able to finish in 14:25...totally exhausted and ready to SLEEP!

Oh...and my view for the day. I was NOT complaining.







before the start with my friend M.E.

[wannaduacentury]

I got a good ride in saturday too. Since it was cold and windy, we met a 2pm and the high was 50 ish and sunny. We went anyway. Me and another friend named Becky, we rode the 17 mi route since I was still a newbie on a road bike, she kept me going I got my cycle computer and somehow bumped a button and did everything in km that day
I did about 10 miles and was trying to stop and already had my left foot unclipped, but I was too busy getting my right one so I can put both feet down and of course too much weight and down I went I hit my right knee and scraped it, it's sore b/c I have bony knees, but It'll be fine in a few days. I bent the leaver on the right side but bent it back. On the first 2 roads we actually had a tailwind, while the guys chose the 35 mi route w/ headwind all the way. All in all a great day. I was happy to be out and the roads were nice too. Jennifer