Sunday 9/27 rides

[ny biker]

Did about 50 miles on the western portion of the WOD rail trail, with a slight detour on Dry Mill Rd. in Leesburg because it's a sweet downhill stretch. Saw a very big turtle ambling along on Dry Mill.

I started riding shortly after a shower passed through the area, and I'm glad I missed the rain but could have done without the headwind that followed it. And there were so many gnats! After the ride I passed lots of people while walking through Reston Town Center without realizing the I had at least 15 dead gnats stuck all over my face. Amazingly, no one pointed and laughed.

[HillSlugger]

What a ride I had: shifting problems the whole time, launched my Garmin once (found it), lost my keys, got a flat. Still better than riding the trainer in the basement

[kmehrzad]

Did about 50 miles on the western portion of the WOD rail trail, with a slight detour on Dry Mill Rd. in Leesburg because it's a sweet downhill stretch. Saw a very big turtle ambling along on Dry Mill.

I started riding shortly after a shower passed through the area, and I'm glad I missed the rain but could have done without the headwind that followed it. And there were so many gnats! After the ride I passed lots of people while walking through Reston Town Center without realizing the I had at least 15 dead gnats stuck all over my face. Amazingly, no one pointed and laughed.

haha ... i know exactly what you mean about the gnats on the W&OD. I've been swallowing way too many this past week. One just about choked me Friday night as I was riding to Leesburg then back to Reston.
That headwind today was pretty strong. I rode, again to Leesburg but knew that the ride home would be SWEET, and it was. I rode into Reston Town Center and stopped in at my favorite place for a well deserved treat, Yogen Fruz. Let's meet and ride north sometime.

[OakLeaf]

I rode the Columbus Fall Challenge, and finished.

I got wet (but not nearly as wet as things apparently got around my house - there must be four inches of water in the compost buckets I left to air out).

I got gritty. I put my bike in the bathtub.

I only got sort of a little bit lost. I put on two new tires on Friday and didn't get any flats, unlike just about everyone else. My friend had three on Saturday alone.

I got goat blessings from a pair of goats as I was climbing a hill. I discovered on a false flat in the middle of a 15% wall that my rear brake was rubbing.

I finished. Not (quite) last.

I'm way too tired to post anything else about it. But I earned my T-shirt and bragging rights.

[ZooZoo]

Did 14 miles today. Felt normal but seemed to be 'off' in that it was more effort than it should have been and took me longer than it should have. (Tires were well inflated, no brake rubbing, etc.) Probably just an 'off' day. Got chilled because I didn't take my coat and didn't think I'd ever get warm again. Scheduled to do the 45 mile route of the Harvest century on the 10th so need to get a little more riding in.

[aeiea]

A pleasant foggy afternoon from Marina Del Ray to Redondo Beach.

Very easy and medium paced 25 miles with a friendly group of cyclists.

Followed by a potluck at a guy's house where he had participated at RAGBRAI in July, showed us video, and made us all jealous!

[crazycanuck]

We had SUNSHINE!!!! A whole day of sun!!! I was beginning to wonder if i'd ever see the sun when i rode Great day for the trails & because of the long weekend it was like an Elmer Fudd moment. Really really quiet on the trails

This was the first weekend of many training rides for the 12hr(end of nov) & am playing around with different foods on each one. Sandwich w a smidgen bit of jam-check.

[Crankin]

No riding on Sunday; it was raining steadily throughout most of the day, so I took it as a sign to do other stuff. I studied my Spanish program (in preparation for our cycling trip to Spain in May), got my nails done, and cooked in preparation for the "break the fast" dinner tonight after Yom Kippur. A day without exercise is very unusual for me.
I did have really nice rides on Friday and Saturday, though. Nothing special, but 2 days in a row where no parts of my body hurt!