Labor Day ride report

[Meg McKilty]

PR on speed today: 40.6 mph!!

I did some of the biggest hills in mass amount today I have done since I began riding 10 months ago. I went to an access road for a nearby lake and the hill grade could not have been less than 20+%. My legs are thoroughly worn out.

Good workout overall since my bike broke down 4.5 weeks ago.
17.13 miles.

[Shiraz]

Yeah,
First ride in many weeks due to my half marathon training. My friend and I road 34 miles at 15-16 mph pace and enjoyed the ride. Our legs felt pretty good after our race on saturday. It felt sooooooooo good to ride. We road to my parents house 17 miles away and had a snack and back home. The roads will get very busy and dangerous with farm trucks halling potatoes and beets soon so we made the best of it. We had almost zero wind and the temperature was in the 70 this morning. Perfect day to ride.

[tab123]

I set a personal distance record on Labor Day - 61 miles and averaging a bit over 16 mph on the rolling hills of SW Michigan. Not too bad for a 44 year old who has not been able to ride this summer as much as she would like (work, family, you know).

I got back into cycling about 2 years ago; I started with a hybrid, then a cross bike (the wider tires made me comfortable), and now have a road bike. Cycling has enabled me to enjoy sports in a way I have not felt since I was a teenage jock.

The ride was great. The last 10 miles were not my proudest moments on a bike but I did it. And then I ate a ton - yet another benefit of cycling!