Saturday Feb 7 rides

[jesvetmed]

SALSA: Whoa... that's some climbing! Great job.

Club ride today -- what a gorgeous day in the Pacific NW! 40 miles around the flats and the sound. The eagles were out everywhere (as were the lookey-loos), the herons, hawks, and lambs, calves and lamas.

Good day to be out on the bike! That was a pretty long ride for me -- I was excited to finish. I'm sorry no pics -- the batteries were dead. I tried!

[hirakukibou]

I rode with DH and then at the half way point, we met up with members of our club and rode back. It was warmish, comparatively at 37F. It was good to get outside after being in for weeks.

[Triskeliongirl]

Did the club ride, one of those brutal combinations of wind and hills..........but nevertheless it was great to be out there in shorts and short sleeves without arm and leg warmers. I did wear my PI vagabound II (they I got right here on TE) for wind blocking and visibility in the fog, and pulled the arms off after about 10 miles. Despite the wind, we had a good turn out with the warmer weather.

[tulip]

I had a great 30 mile club ride north of Richmond. There were some hills, which are good for me, and some flats, which I like. I was happy with my ride even though I haven't been out a whole lot this winter.

[Crankin]

I didn't ride.
I went x country skiing at the most challenging place I've been to. I guess I should have known, since the name is Northfield Mountain. The blue trails were all climbing. Like in cycling, I prefer short, steep climbs while skiing. This was just all climbing. I was so far behind my friends and I had to stop a couple of times because my HR was going through the roof. I need to warm up before stuff like this! We then zoomed down the loop, which was fun, only to start up another trail, which lead to an open hut with a fire and hot chocolate. We ate our lunches here, but I was so sweaty and zipped down that i got cold. I purposely wore my Craft base layer instead of wool because it was in the high thirties. A mistake. But, I just couldn't get warm again. When we started up after lunch I was so tired that I fell going up a little hill, so my friend and I returned on a long downhill green trail, about 2 miles, while her husband did a little more climbing. It was awesome, but I never felt warm again.
I decided I need a wool bra...
But, I am really proud of myself for doing this. Then last night same friends cooked me a delicious chicken dinner with home made bread and wine. I am very sore today, but my husband finally comes home from his company cruise/trip to Miami. I actually am not jealous though, because the snow is now melting in our 45 degree temperatures.

[Fredwina]

A really wide bike path:

I was going to return my phone to phone mode, but this caught my eye:

uphill and snow:

[HillSlugger]

I took advantage of the warm weather to do a longer ride; 41 miles total but the last 18 miles were All.Into.The.Wind. It was my longest ride of the year and I was really hurting at the end.

[Mr. Bloom]

A really wide bike path:

Two way! Wow!