CTS Rides

[XMcShiftersonX]

I imagine the next time I do STP I'll probably do the one day, but since this is my first year doing it, and doing long rides in general, I think it's best I stick to the two day!

I wish I could go to the CATS ride on the 10th, but I have to work, then the week after that is Daffodil and then I work again. So I'll try to do their ride at the beginning of May.

Yesterday I tried to go to the gym but they closed early because of Easter, so I came home and got on the trainer for an hour and a half while watching "The Business of Being born," which was an interesting movie.

The weather looks really nice right now, maybe a little windy though. But I was thinking about doing the S. Lake Wa+Mercer Island loops from Coulon Park. I wish the weather would just cooperate with my plans!

[XMcShiftersonX]

I think I'm going to have to stick to my old rule that if there's ANY chance of rain on a day I want to go ride, I won't go ride!!

So... I get all ready, drive to Coulon Park because my legs are sore from weight lifting and I wanted to do an easy route (instead of leaving from my house). I get there, get all my gear on, the sky is starting to look grey but it looks blue over towards Seattle. I get on the bike, don't even go 1/2 a mile and it starts pouring down rain... not a drizzle, it's literally raining sideways.... I turn back around go back to the car, load everything up, and begin driving home. It stops raining, and the sun comes out. This happens all too often to me!!

Off to the gym I go... I was just a little frustrated and had to vent!

[Susan126]

Sorry to hear about your rainy ride yesterday Jessica! I HATE riding in the rain! So if there is any possibility of rain I do not even attempt it. I had a very bad crash five years ago in the rain. The roads were slick, cars and trucks passing me were splashing and spraying me, I came around a corner and hit either oil or sand or just the wet pavement, whatever it was I fell and slid about 50-75 feet right into a guardrail. My right butt cheek all the way down the outside of my right thigh to my knees was black and blue and swollen for weeks. I could barely walk. I don't know how I managed to get home but I did. My helmet was cracked in three places (and probably saved my head). So NO riding for me whenever I see a chance of showers. I'm still nervous on wet roads.

I think it's supposed to be nice today after work and tomorrow too. I hope so because I'm tired of the gym.

[XMcShiftersonX]

Holy cow! That's a horrible crash! I'm sorry that happened to you. I'm so scared of crashing... I haven't fallen at all yet. I'm wondering if it's like an earthquake, the longer it takes to happen, the worse it is. I have a lot of respect for people who can get back on the bike after an experience like that.

[Susan126]

No you don't want to crash! It was not fun and I was sore for quite some time. My daughter crashed going down a hill at 30 mph and her neck still bothers her 3 years later. She's been seeing a chiropractor and it's getting better but now she has a fear of going fast down any hill. I have to wait for her at the bottom of any long steep downhill that we used to race down together. The mental injury is sometimes a lot harder to get over then the physical one.

So stay safe and be alert out there everyone!

[XMcShiftersonX]

ACK! That's like my greatest fear. There's this one hill by me that I go almost 40MPH down and I LOVE it! But how much would it suck to wipe out on it! There is so much about riding my bike that scares me everyday I get on it. I'm such a wuss. But part of it is empowering that I'm doing it regardless of the fear!

[XMcShiftersonX]

Susan - Let me know how the CATS ride goes tomorrow!! I hope it turns out to be a good fit for you.