How was the Cinderella! Let's have some ride reports!! :)

[BikeMomma]

Here, here! Can't dispute that! lol I think I told Sarah a couple times and BG herself that I hope I'm that spry at her age. Heck yea, she rocks!

~BikeMomma

[cindysue]

I got up at 4:30 which turned out to be kinda silly since we didn't actually start riding until well after we got our registration pack. About 15 miles into the ride there was an accident, and we stopped for awhile because one of my riding partners was good friends with the girl (who turned out just fine).

The challenge was indeed a challenge due to the ridiculous headwinds mentioned in previous posts. My muscles were definitely feeling it! Happy to run into Bekki and friends at the lunch stop and then again after the last rest stop.

Champagne at the finish line was a special treat brought by the husband of one of my riding partners and then I got to chat a bit with Kim (Bikemomma) as she was leaving the fairgrounds. Also saw Lorri and my good friend Sharon. I saw a few of the Benicia Bike Clubbers but never saw Nancy.

Overall another great Cinderella; excellent riding partners and the pleasure of seeing so many women enjoying the day.

p.s. Sue is my middle name; southern girl, y'all.

[LikeMyBike]

Word from an argyle girl...

I know I haven't posted in a while. Thought I'd send out a note to say hi and drop a note about Cinderella.

I carpooled with Bikegoddess. And while we didn't seem to meet with anyone else at the "z" isle at registration (it seems that we all ended up there at slightly different times due to parking congestion, and in my case waiting in line at the bathroom...sorry about that), we did end up meeting up with MikeMomma at the first rest stop. I can't believe she's a racer and a momma! Wow, talk about impressive!

Anyway, by the time we reached the first rest stop, we were pretty cold. I would have to say that while, I'm otherwise a pretty solid cyclist, I'm a wimp when it comes to the weather. Of course, I forgot my shoe covers and my feet were popsicles by the rest stop.

But if I was cold on the bike, it was nothing to those poor volunteers (including some of our own argyle princes) who were standing around freezing their skin-and-bones off for us. Thank you, thank you, thank you to them!

At the lunch stop Bikegoddess had the idea that I should find some leftover bread bags and put them over my feet between the two layers of socks I had on to help thaw out my feet. It worked great, by the way. Nice tip!

At any rate we decided to forgo the challenge, which, I am told by the gals who attacked it, included 40mph headwinds!

Eventually the weather improved and by the end of the ride it got much warmer. No matter the weather, Cinderella is always a beautiful thing. Women and girls out to enjoy a sport and oneanother's company, many decked out in amazing costumes, and the men in our lives who come out to support us. (No one could ever forget the lemon drop man who attends every year and hands each of us a lemon drop).

We're only sorry we missed saying godby to BikeMomma!