February 1 Rides

[Crankin]

It's so nice out! But unlike Red Rhodie, we still have ice patches on all of the secondary roads and lots of melting, salt, and sand everywhere else. It will be hard for me not to ride tomorrow, but it's just not safe.
I went for a 4 mile walk on the road, as opposed to in the woods. My husband is recovering from bronchitis and is just getting back to exercising. It's funny, we walked the opposite way that we are usually riding or walking on Strawberry Hill Rd., on a part of the road we hardly ever go on, because we cut through another street. I saw things I never have seen before, even riding, because I think I'm usually going downhill there and concentrating so much. I saw the 15,000 sq. ft. house that supposedly Oprah was going to buy about ten years ago (her boyfriend's kids went to a private school here). But the town axed the request for the helipad, so she never moved here... I thought it was a school or something when I first looked through the woods today. Very strange.

[tulip]

My second ride was today. It's just been too cold in January. But today was beautiful, 50s, sunny, and a bit windy. My local club has a weekly ride that starts just 5 miles from my house, so I rode to the ride start. The ride is geared toward speedsters, but I rode with a couple of folks who were more my speed. It felt so good to be out again, and since i have only 5 weeks until my bike vacation, it's time to get riding! All told, it was 28 miles. Not much, but a good start.

[Triskeliongirl]

Well, I take back the idea that I didn't loose too much fitness during my hiatus. While I managed to not get dropped, I crashed out for a nap after lunch, and really felt muscle soreness when I woke up. OUCH. But, I knew this would be the best ride to quickly whip me back into shape.

The good news is that I think that winter weather is leaving us! We had a pretty cold week for south texas, but thank goodness the cold front moved on.

[Fredwina]

I did our club's usual women; which we had to make impromptu re-routing due to the winds Got to show the other gals a bike path they didn't know existed

[xeney]

We did a timed ride today -- instead of riding together, my husband and I headed out together for a two-hour ride, i.e., we each rode out for an hour at our own pace and then came home. I pulled the trailer so I made it about half as far as he did, although I also made it back twenty minutes early because I turned back a little early. I did about 20 miles and my daughter did so well ... I keep worrying that she will start to get bored in the trailer, but she just loves going for rides and gets really excited.

[Biciclista]

Over 40 degrees for the first time on a Sunday in a month so I rode to my art studio model session (i was a painter, not the model).
YAY!

[jobob]

Rode up Mt. Hamilton today with melissam & dachshund. It was gorgeous up there today, clear & sunny and the mountain is getting green again.

I passed right by a coyote standing in the road, I was really suprised that he didn't scamper off as I approached him. And on our way back we passed a field with at least a dozen deer placidly grazing, oblivious to us.

A great (if tiring) day.