June 7th Rides

[Crankin]

Set out to do a short, flatter, fast ride and had several interruptions. My DH wanted to use the alarm on his Garmin for his HR and he had to fiddle with that. Then, as I was going down the hill, I just felt like my rear brake was not right. It had a funny crunchy feeling and it was getting worse. So we rode back up the hill and DH took it apart, fixing the pivot (?) and replacing the cable. Much better, but I think this has been broken since I started riding in March.
Back down the hill riding at a nice pace until 8 miles, when we stopped. More fiddling with the alarms for what seemed like a long time. Managed to have will power as we passed both Kimball farms and Bedford Farms ice cream, which were mobbed. We passed quite a few riders, which is not usual for me...
Then, as we were headed home, DH turned into the lot for the drugstore. When he came out, we thought we would go get iced coffee, but I looked up and the sky looked very dark in the direction of our house. Sure enough, as I was opening the front door, it started sprinkling.
20.2 miles

[7rider]

Five of us did a skills clinic of sorts with one of the racers from the shop rides. It was a lot of stop-and-go riding. We'd stop off the road and discuss things then go on the road and work on what we were talking about. We did one-legged pedalling and climbing drills...seated climbing in the big chainring...pace lines to the left and right. The one-legged pedalling really makes it obvious where your pedalling technique is lacking. I have a very choppy style, and it took quite a bit to smooth it out. I can tell it really works different muscles, as my legs are sore this afternoon in a new way!