Saturday, June 26 Rides

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Nice weather today. Low 70's, and the sun finally came out at about 30 miles in to my ride. I was going to do a 100 mile ride with the Cascade Bicycling Club, CATS group. This would have been my last century before STP in mid-July (Seattle-to-Portland, 2 day double century). It was supposed to have been a fairly flat route, but because of the Rock N' Roll Marathon today, they had to change the route because it shared some of the same roads. When they changed the route they added Tiger Mountain, and I didn't really feel like doing that big of a climb today (and besides I already did it on Monday). So I opted for a "flat" century that I concocted myself, which would have involved leaving from my house, doing the Cedar River Trail, doing the S. Lake Wa and Mercer Island Loops, and then doing the Interurban Trail. I left a little later than planned, at 10:30am, because I just couldn't wake up! It probably would have been just over 90 miles, but I started to hurt at about 50 miles into the ride! So, I cut out the Interurban trail and came home, making it 60 miles and probably 2200 feet of climbing. I still feel good, even if I won't do another century before STP. At least I did one a couple weeks ago!

-Jessica