Sunday April 11 Ride Reports

[bikerHen]

Had a super 46 mile ride with 5 members of my cycling group. Mostly hills and some nasty winds. It was a little on the cold side and we managed to miss the scattered rain showers. The sun finally started to peak through the clouds when we were almost home. Stopped at the half way point for fresh donuts and coffee. Mmmmmm yum . . .

Started and finished at my house. Returned to a pot of chili and cornbread fresh from the oven, thanks to my DH and DD. Oh and some adult beverages to wash it all down.

All in all a great day spent with my cycling friends! bikerHen

[Miranda]

30 miles for me with my riding partner at my side for morale support... at my first local club ride back out since my crash. Part of my body is still saying "no", while my spirit is saying "yes" I have rejoined the cycling world. Whew I am spent tonight!

[kmehrzad]

It was a great day to ride along the Potomac River with views of the monuments in Washington, DC. Here are a couple photos.

[crazycanuck]

We did a 4hr mtb event yesterday & had a ton o fun. This event's a part of a 3 event series including 2 4hrs & 1 6hr. Tis our XC club series & other events season (now that summer's over )

I decided that for this 4hr i'd focus on racing my own race & not mentally losing it..like i often do... I just wanted to ride and go away knowing I enjoyed the day.

I ended up doing 4 consecutive laps(only 24km in total )-didn't pay attention to time, i just thought about how i was riding. After my 4 laps, i considered throwing my other hydration pack on & doing a few more but thought..nah..I've just had a ton o fun & really want to go and drool over some demo Yeti's...

Next event in two weeks at a new track down south . I've heard it's cool but really hard!

[NoNo]

Just over 11 miles, which is far less than I'd hoped for. We took off and went a different way than we normally do, but it apparently was a bit shorter. However, it was hillier, and my legs (and lungs) felt it. We're doing a century in June, so 11 hilly miles will probably benefit me more than 25 flat ones. It was also obnoxiously windy, which just added to my suffering. I think I'm going to bike in to work a once or twice this week. It's a good way to work in miles and hills.