Rides for the Last Sunday of 2007? Dec 30

[Velobambina]

Sounds like a nice time, RR. You're the coolest mom!

I rode 43 miles--paved trail--to start off the day. It wasn't that cold but it was damp. Came home and then went w/my husband to the C&O (gravel/dirt trail that runs alongside the Potomac River). He runs while I go for a ride on my mountain bike. Well, it was a little foggy but there was a good bit of mud & several unavoidable puddles. I was officially christened a "dirt girl," literally. LOL. In addition to having mud spatters all over my body, a big chunk of mud landed on the right lens of my glasses. LOL. My poor Kona Lisa is now dirty, much to my chagrin!! The ducks and Canadian geese were all out in force, and a couple times, I had to wait for them to bail into the canal so I could pass. Total mileage 57.5.

[7rider]

Yay.
Kona Lisa is officially christened!

DH and I did the last shop ride of 2007.
I pondered doing the B-ride, as they were just lolly-gaggin' along today, but opted to go with the C-group at the split. There were just four of us on the C-ride today....made it rather difficult to paceline. One guy would do rapid rotations, another pulled for too long (and always seemed to move aside when the road turned uphill, leaving ME to pull up the hill! ). We dropped that second guy on two of the climbs of the day and would poke around at the top, waiting for him to catch up (he was a newb to the ride and didn't know the route). So we got caught again by the B-group sooner than I would have liked - it's a sort of a C-group competition to hold them off as long as possible . Still, I got to hook up with DH again, who was at the front of the pack. I hooked onto some wheels and away we went.
All in all...a nice ride (although, as with VB's ride - a bit cold and raw).

[smilingcat]

nice guy to rotate out just before the hill climb. And nice for the other guy to rotate out so quickly.

Well atleast, you got a good workout.

Didn't have a chance to go out today. busy working around the house.

Well, gonna hop on my trainer for about an hour to take out my frustration (computer head ache) Why do they make it sooo HARD!!!

smilingcat

[PscyclePath]

41.41 miles on the local bike club's Sunday "death ride" this afternoon, with a 14.9 mph average according to the computer. About a third is stop-and-go thru downtown Little Rock, and we were graced with a stiff southern breeze that gave us headwinds going out and coming back

Good ride, though... and puts us up around 4068 miles for the year, and at least for now, #1101 over at BikeJournal...

One more riding day for the year...

Tom

[Mr. Bloom]

I did 13 miles along the Ohio River. 38 degrees, sunny, wind about 10 mph.

I averaged 15.6mph...traffic was tough, but I stayed warm.

Winds here will be 20mph to 30mph tomorrow...So, I've had my last ride for the year!

[sundial]

I did 20 miles today in sunny 47 F weather.

[salsabike]

Ah, a nice day for a ride today. We took the tandem out to test my new bullhorns, and did 31 miles, with hill at beginning and again at end. It was probably in the high 30s, and one of those days where the sun is out in part of the sky and there are big dark blue-grey clouds in another, so you can see buildings and trees all lit up by the sun against that dark background--gorgeous! No camera with us! Dumb. Lots of wintering-over birds, herons.

[Aggie_Ama]

We did a short 13 miler. Last night we went out to College Station to visit friends, drank a little too much and came back later than planned today. That coupled with a tough week for both DH and I at work made for a short ride. I need 62 miles tomorrow to hit my goal, if the cold front stays back until 4:00 as forecasted I can do it!