No-Notice ride: Sunday 19 August

[makbike]

I woke up at 4:30 a.m. - what I wouldn't give for a good night of sleep (haven't really had one since back in May when I got sick). Really, I would just like to return to my normal sleep cycle which always meant sleeping in on the weekends. Oh well life could be much worse. Actually, I read for about an hour and fell back to sleep until a little after 7. Whe I crawled ouf of bed the skies were gray but no threat of rain. I took care of all my critters, ate breakfast and decided to take my recumbent out for a spin. The first 13 miles or so were great thanks to the wonderful tailwind I was blessed with as I explored some of my favorite roads. However, that blessed tailwind became an evil hand when I turn to head home - the headwind was awful and I really struggled to make it back to my house. I was exhausted, felt like I had just finished a century. Now that is sad for I only rode 25 miles. I have not been on this bike enough this year and so the muscles and strength just are not there. I am still amazed at the difference in riding my recumbent and my diamond frame - it is unbelievable. The ride was pretty one and I watched several Kestrels enjoying the wind currents as they flew about over the fields they call home.

I spent the afternoon putting a pannier rack on my recumbent. Thank goodness the LBS in Louisville had some extra "J" hooks so I could make this rack work. After a couple of trips to the local hardware store for new bolts and new nuts I was able to successfully get the rack on my bike. Now that I have a rack I can use this bike to commute to school. This in turns means when I leave school I'll be on my Giro and just maybe I can acquire my "bent legs" before the season ends. More importantly, maybe I'll get close to the goal I set on Jan 1 - 1500 miles on my Giro. Sadly, as of today I only have 325 miles - I have a lot of riding to do!

[Starfish]

I got in 11 miles today for a short little waterfront ride. The sun ended up coming out after a lot of rain yesterday and today. I saw a tandem recumbent. I think that is the first time I've seen that.

[teigyr]

No ride today, unfortunately. We went to Boeing Family Day (joyous for me, not so fun for DH) thanks to the rain.

Though any NW people who want to ride tomorrow or tues, let me know. I'll be riding one or both of those days.

[East Hill]

Did someone say Tuesday? I'll go for that!

Although, if Tuesday is anything like so far this morning, I don't know how far we would get.

East Hill

[mimitabby]

Tuesday: wear wet suits and flippers

[East Hill]

Let me just say that I am really glad that I do not have to use I-5 to commute .

I do feel, however, for those of you who do need to commute .

Obviously no paving yesterday, none today, and tomorrow's not looking too good either at this rate.

I do have mudguards and a nice rain shell, and I'm from England, so I think I'm ok with the rain as long as it's not a sixty mile ride!

East Hill

[mimitabby]

oh, and they were saying they were ahead. I too am glad that the only thing my commute has to do with I-5 is that i go over it on a bridge!