Sunday April 18 ride.

[NoNo]

I had planned out a 30 mile ride and set off around 11. It was fairly cloudy, but I had hopes the sun would eventually break through. I was very wrong. It stayed cloudy, cold, and the second half of the ride the wind picked up to the point I was getting blown around the road. And Google maps let me down, incorrectly connecting some roads, and not telling me others were gravel I was near home, but could have turned off to add a few more miles. The only reason I didn't was because I hadn't worn my shoe covers and my toes actually hurt from the cold. In the end, I did 22 miles, but over 900 feet of climbing, which is good for me, and will be good practice for the century in June. Sure, I need to get some long rides in for endurance, but I really need to work on climbing. If I could improve on that, it would make the entire ride quicker and more enjoyable.

After the ride my family came over and we hiked around the trails for a few miles. I was a very hungry and tired girl last night!

[shootingstar]

Did 42 kms. Nothing different route-wise but usually on weekends my partner joins me. But he was too sick.

Fab day! Warm and lovely with sun. Looks like same today.

[MommyBird]

I wrote about mine in the April 17th thread.

[jp4995]

I did 13 miles Sunday with my husband, averaged about 12.3 mph. I was pretty sore after doing an hour long boot-camp workout on Saturday (too many squat-jumps!). I felt good the first half of the ride but after that I was pretty tapped out. It was really nice weather though, mid-50's and just a little bit of a breeze.

[ColoKate]

My husband and I took the same route we did last weekend along the Clear Creek trail. I had less time because I had to go to work in the afternoon, so we set the timer for 45 minutes out instead of an hour...and we almost made it to where we stopped last weekend after an hour! I was happy about that. Combination of getting a handle on shifting my "new" bike as well as fighting less wind. So total was just under 20 miles. My husband wore his clipless shoes for the first time and kicked my butt so I'm motivated to get on board with that soon LOL!