July 10 Steam Baths (Rides)

[sundial]

I rode the porch swing today. About 30 minutes. Nice, rolling cadence.

Fly, LOL!

I took Frank the Fargo out for a ride. I did it as a tribute to the fallen Frank Schleck.

[Biciclista]

Today i finished my first brevet, a 100km ride complete with controls like a real randonneur ride. I hadn't ridden more than 25 miles all year so far, so i was extremely worried, but now I am just extremely tired. We spent less than 1/2 hour off our bikes on a 5 hour ride and because of that I was able to keep up with much stronger riders. Lovely gorgeous weather - 62 miles in the area near Olympia washington...

[indysteel]

Kudos to all, but I gotta give a shout out to Catrin for her 40 miler and to Bicilista for her first brevet! Great job!!!

I did my longest ride (50 miles) since Memorial Day weekend. It was a great day on the bike. It was a club ride, so I got to ride with some friends I haven't seen a lot of lately. I felt pretty strong the entire ride. I've been trying to dial in the fit on my bike, and I was really comfortable today after lowering my saddle by about 2 mm. The smallest of changes can make a big difference. The onlu downside is we got chased by a number of dogs.

[ZooZoo]

Did 20 miles in Snohomish, riding with my sister. She's a little bit faster than me, so it was a nice 'push' for me. Kept up pretty well.

[crazycanuck]

Can I have some warm/dry weather?

I have made friends with a warm blanket & a beanbag chair for this past week. I'm not enjoying "winter" at the moment...Stupid inner ear bubbles

[tzvia]

Just Ventura up to Ojai and back.

Started out really cool in Ventura; lots of moisture pumping in from the Pacific, but as I climbed, it got hotter and hotter, and sticky. Yuck. I had found a good Tamale fast food restaurant last time and was planning to stop there, but the humidity stole my hunger. So I had a banana and Clif bar and went back down to Ventura. Been trying out the Luna electrolyte powder, and found it was a lifesaver in my second water bottle. I usually don't take to electrolyte drinks as they kinda feel like spit, but the Luna really took the thirst away without making me feel like a sloshing water bag.

I felt a strange jab on my backside about 5 miles in, right at the back of the thigh/butt junction. I stopped because it felt like a plant thorn was jabbing me but there was nothing there. After a few minutes, I got involved in the ride and forgot about it. However, it's a big red welt now-maybe 2 inches across- sooo... something stung me and it hurts every time I move my leg as it's right at the crease.

[Aggie_Ama]

WTG Catrin, Blueberry, Bicilista! And everyone else for braving the elements.

My husband took me on a torture ride, a lot of climbing but don't have the new Garmin charged so I don't know how much. Several of the climbs were so steep I had to walk. We ran out of daylight so DH time-trialed to the truck as the sunset and then came to collect me.

[Catrin]

Kudos to all, but I gotta give a shout out to Catrin for her 40 miler and to Bicilista for her first brevet! Great job!!!

I did my longest ride (50 miles) since Memorial Day weekend. It was a great day on the bike. It was a club ride, so I got to ride with some friends I haven't seen a lot of lately. I felt pretty strong the entire ride. I've been trying to dial in the fit on my bike, and I was really comfortable today after lowering my saddle by about 2 mm. The smallest of changes can make a big difference. The onlu downside is we got chased by a number of dogs.

Dogs Sorry to hear about that...glad to hear the ride was a good one though - outside of the dogs. I did find the route for the ride and was thinking about doing it on my own - but not if there are that many dogs along the way...for some reason that doesn't surprise me considering it was Morgan county. Very glad to hear that you were able to finish dialing in your fit!

Congrats Bicilisita! I hear the 100k brevets are how they start the randonneuring addiction

Blueberry - the climbing sounds great

[indysteel]

Dogs Sorry to hear about that...glad to hear the ride was a good one though - outside of the dogs. I did find the route for the ride and was thinking about doing it on my own - but not if there are that many dogs along the way...for some reason that doesn't surprise me considering it was Morgan county. Very glad to hear that you were able to finish dialing in your fit!

Congrats Bicilisita! I hear the 100k brevets are how they start the randonneuring addiction

Blueberry - the climbing sounds great

I wouldn't discourage you from doing that route just because of the dogs. I don't know of any area, minus the NW side perhaps, where you won't encounter loose dogs. While they're more plentiful in the southern counties, so too are the hills. So if you wanna learn to climb, you kind of have to resign yourself to the dogs. I will say that the dogs we encountered stopped in their tracks when I yelled at them.

[Catrin]

I wouldn't discourage you from doing that route just because of the dogs. I don't know of any area, minus the NW side perhaps, where you won't encounter loose dogs. While they're more plentiful in the southern counties, so too are the hills. So if you wanna learn to climb, you kind of have to resign yourself to the dogs. I will say that the dogs we encountered stopped in their tracks when I yelled at them.

Ok, that makes sense. I guess that I have been spoiled! I've been riding solo in Boone County for over 3 months now and have only seen one loose dog, ok, two but it was the same day on the same street, in that time. Gotta find my hill-climbing legs somehow

I found my inclination was to go-fast, not yell. Of course it wasn't a very large dog...

[tctrek]

We did an organized ride called the Highway Hospitality Ride. They close off GA 400 (an Intrastate!) and let the riders have it for about 30 minutes... then we get off and ride through Roswell, a suburb north of Atlanta. Booger hills tried to kill me, but the descents were awesome! I know there were 600 riders registered by Saturday, and probably another 400 that registered today.

Got a pretty cool shot of the peloton while they were making us wait for the highway to be cleared of cars.