May 21st Ride Report

[Popoki_Nui]

A decent enough day, given the general squirrelly~ness of the weather lately. Partly sunny, warm enough, windy.
Rode from home up to Victoria on "Vee", along the waterfront, dancing and dodging with tour buses, tourists utterly lost behind the wheel, pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages, rented scooters, and all the usual insanity of silly season. A mix of Galloping Goose rail-trail/city streets/Trans-Canada highway. Got home after logging about 60km, had a little energy left, swapped bikes, and trotted out another 20km on "Geri" just for the heck of it. Not too bad a day.

[7rider]

Just a standard commute, but I was finally able to do the morning ride (at 7 a.m.) with just shorts and jersey...no jacket.
14.2 miles in about 1 hour 7 minutes, combined.
I ran into a co-worker when I pulled out of the parking garage (well, not literally). I ride with her on Metro quite often and she lives not far from me. She's yet another one of these "That is so great you bike commute. I don't think I'd like riding with all the cars around here. I really should get my bike back in working order."
Ohhh....If I had a dime for everytime I heard that - or some variation on that!

[makbike]

I took my last vacation day today and thus was able to join the club for a morning ride. The route was fairly hilly and I did not feel as strong as I did a couple of days ago. In the end I averaged 15.92 mph for 27.96 miles we rode. I was quite surprised and quite happy. I'm thinking of getting up early (schools are closed here tomorrow for election day) and riding a long ride solo. It is back to work on Wednesday but we only have 5 more days to go before our summer vacation officially starts.