Nov 11 Rides

[mimitabby]

Today we did our last big ride before going to Arizona on thursday. Dear DH thought we'd do about 70 + miles
but at mile 45 I was getting pretty beat, so we did 55 total miles at 13mph (with 700 feet of altitude gain ooooooooo). We rode from our house to Auburn and then to Kent to stop in at my mother;s and then to Renton and then home again. Almost completely flat.
It was windy; and yes, we planned for tailwinds for the home stretch. The wind wasn't as bad as our ride about a month ago east of the mountains, but it got stiffer as the day grew longer. Come to think of it, my knees got stiffer too. oh. right
Here's Raleighdon posing next to another kind of Davidson


and we still have lots of beautiful autumn color here, but there are more and more trees with no leaves left; and LOTS of leaves on the trails.

[Fredwina]

I didn't get back from church until 2:30, and the sun sets at 5, so I did a quick 15 mile ride around ontario airport, The weather was threatening, so no pics

[sandra]

Mimi, beautiful picture! Also, is that Brooks bar tape on your bike?

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Great pictures, Mimi!!!

[ehirsch83]

Great pictures Mimi!!

I did a solo 80 yesterday, rode strictly off of heart rate and cadence, so it was a little slower then I would normally like, but my heart rate has been way to high lately, so I really worked on keeping it between 140-150 with my cadence around 95. Gorgeous day for a ride here in South Florida, the weather started out in the mid 60s and my ride ended in the low 80s probably. Rode north on A1A up into Palm Beach, so I got to pass all of the big huge mansions(or compounds as they like to call them). And they are all getting opened for the season, so much prettier then they have been. Next time I go out on this ride, I will have to take a camera to take pictures for everyone!

[RoadRaven]

I went with my youngest son for a 16km ride today - one of his longer ones...
I was in recovery mode so just climbed hills steadily and he was thrilled to report that to his dad that he dropped me on all the hills!

He didn't mention that I was back on his tail shortly after we crested each one...

Another lovely day

[GLC1968]

DH and I did our first ride in awhile, yesterday. It was my first in over 2 weeks (with a week of the flu in there!) so I was nervous about the distance. We did a route that should be about 49 miles, but my computer died on me at 27.3. I was getting tired and when I glanced down and saw that we still had almost 1/2 the ride to go, I was really dejected. I kept wondering why I was so tired after 27 miles... Duh. At that point, we were closer to 40 miles into the ride and I didn't know it. It wasn't until the speed part also gave out that I realized what was happening!

The weather was nice (55 degrees, light breeze, sunny) and the fall colors were AMAZING. I swear that the best color displays were in the ugliest parts of the ride...so I didn't snap any photos. Next time!