Saturday July 19 Rides

[7rider]

You're in Maryland??? Where? How long???

We did the N2 this a.m. I knew it was going to be trouble when about 8 Artemis riders showed up. Artemis is a local race club. Their reputation precedes them, and let's just say...it isn't good. But...my friend M.A. now rides with them, and after I clued her in on their rep ("Really? Well, yeah, I've been noticing that myself." ), we chatted about racing (she wants me to race - HA!) and training and the team.

The heat was really cranking up early today. The humidity just kills me and I thought I was doing awful all day. My legs felt like junk. I thought I was doing just average, and perhaps the group was dallying in spots. But I took a peek at mile 32 and my average was 18.3! Crazy. When the commentators talks about suffering during a race for miles and miles, I know what they're talking about. Why does it have to hurt so bad to go fast? I ended up with 39 miles at an 18.0 pace. This is the second week in a row where I thought I was crappy for the whole ride, and then surprised myself with a P.R. for speed. Stupid.

[Aggie_Ama]

I took my bike out for a short ride to test the new cassette before riding the hill country tomorrow. There is one pretty meaty hill near my house so I took off towards it. Early on I was Chased by bassette hounds, always amusing to see those dogs run. I spun up the hill and did see a slight improvement with the new cassette. My legs were lead today so it is hard to judge if the cassette was worth $100. Oh well it is Ultegra, not 105 I can pretend I upgraded because I am such a weight weeny.

Took one more long grinding hill in a headwind, that officially stuck a fork in me for the day. Saw a baby goat no bigger than my 8 lb miniature schnauzer, I love goats. Came home, took the pups to the groomers and am chilling before a mountain ride this afternoon. 21.66 miles, 13.9 mph (gotta love the climbing and headwind).

[sundial]

I'm off the bike this week. Will someone ride extra miles for me? Please?

[Aggie_Ama]

Sundial- I will be riding my butt off to try to make it calloused for New Mexico next week. I haven't had nearly enough time in the saddle to enjoy a 85+ mile ride. I will log some miles for ya. Hope you are not ill!

[Crankin]

I did a 5.5 mile hike with Denise G. It would have been OK to ride at 6 AM, but it is brutal out there today and neither of us wanted to get up that early. We decided a hike in the shady woods would be better. Plus, we have not seen each other since November, so hiking gave us more opportunity to chat. I was soaked with sweat from hiking.
Whenever it's extremely hot and humid, I get headaches, which makes me feel like cr@p. My ride yesterday was pathetic, dead legs. I'm finally starting to feel a bit better, and hoping to get out early tomorrow, before the T storms take over.

[makbike]

I joined the club this morning for a lovely 47 mile ride from Louisville to Simpsonville. We traveled some beautiful, scenic roads but boy did we see a lot of hills on our journey today. I pushed myself today (as much as my tired legs would allow me to) and felt I had a decent ride (15.9 mph avg speed). Our typically summer weather pattern has set in so when we started at 8:30 it was already in the mid-70's and climbing fast! I love this weather! It was a good day on the bike.

[sundial]

Sundial- I will be riding my butt off to try to make it calloused for New Mexico next week. I will log some miles for ya. Hope you are not ill!

Thanks! And good luck on your ride. I know how the Texas heat will sap you and I hope you do ok. I'm not riding because I've got 2 big deadlines......and life.

[dingster1]

I did 40 miles on the WMRT. Nice spot

[RolliePollie]

I'm off the bike this week. Will someone ride extra miles for me? Please?

I will donate 10 miles to your cause. I would give you more, but I rode 40 and I want to keep 30 for myself. Selfish of me? Yes! But donating 25% of my miles to you isn't so bad, right?

I did my traditional Saturday ride down to Placerville and back. What a fun ride! There is one descent that I'm just addicted to. I was almost tempted to do that part of the ride twice today just so I could fly down the curvy hills again. It really feels like a roller coaster...I love it! Then I rolled into my LBS to talk about a new chain before heading back up the hill. 3 hours and approximately 40 miles later, I made it home. There is a Safeway close to my house and they just put in a Starbucks (I find this so strange...I live in a very rural area and it isn't even an incorporated town, but we have a Starbucks?!?!) so I walked over and treated myself to a caramel Frappucino complete with whipped cream. Yummmmm!

[sundial]

I will donate 10 miles to your cause. I would give you more, but I rode 40 and I want to keep 30 for myself. Selfish of me? Yes! But donating 25% of my miles to you isn't so bad, right?

LOL! As long as I get credit for the calories that were burned.

[denda]

I did 24 miles this morning. 70 degrees, very little wind, I averaged 16 mph. Which is very good for me. I am not very fast. It was a good ride. Hopefully my husband and I are going to ride this evening.

[salsabike]

Did the 60-mile ride, on our tandem, around Lake Washington with a bunch of folks, including Mimitabby's spouse Raleighdon! It is the PERFECT day here in the PNW--sunny and 70. Great ride, lots of fun, felt strong.

[luv'nAustin]

This morning I rode in an MS fund raising ride through the beautiful rolling (yeah, right) countryside of the Little River region of northern Durham and Orange counties in North Carolina.

We had a choice of 30, 45, or 60 mile routes. Since I didn't sleep well last night I chose the 45 mile route and it turned out to be 46.59 miles with 3061 feet of climbing. Our average speed was 17.3 mph. It was great fun and I was lucky to have two other strong riders with me...they were helpful when the hills were long and I needed a wheel to draft behind.

Any one else here do this ride today?

[mudmucker]

The heat was really cranking up early today. The humidity just kills me and I thought I was doing awful all day. My legs felt like junk. I thought I was doing just average, and perhaps the group was dallying in spots. But I took a peek at mile 32 and my average was 18.3! Crazy.

You are such a stud-ette. I remember that post where you did 75 miles or so with the boys at something like 17.X mph. Whew!