June 24-26 rides

[Catrin]

DH and I went to the Tour de Corn with friends today and road the 65 mile loop. It is a very flat (I mean NO HILLS) charity ride that offers corn on the cob at the rest stops. We took our TT bikes because it was so flat. It's a great ride to hop on a pace line and see how hard you can go and we did. It was a fun day.

I checked out the ride website the other day, it does look like it could be fun - or brutal if there is a strong wind coming across those cornfields. Did you have much of a head/crosswind?

[Bike Chick]

I checked out the ride website the other day, it does look like it could be fun - or brutal if there is a strong wind coming across those cornfields. Did you have much of a head/crosswind?

Gee, Catrin, how did you know I've done that ride 4 times and it's notorious for the ole north, south, east, west wind. You know, the kind you can never turn out of and get to your back??? It had stormed that morning before the ride so the first 30 miles were great but then the front moved through and we turned dead into a 17 mph wind and the next 30 miles were brutal. Thank goodness I could keep up with the guys and let them pull. I'm usually out there by my lonesome fighting it and that's an awful place to be. We turned back into town the last 5 miles and had the wind to our backs and it was so pleasant

[Catrin]

Gee, Catrin, how did you know .... Thank goodness I could keep up with the guys and let them pull. I'm usually out there by my lonesome fighting it and that's an awful place to be. We turned back into town the last 5 miles and had the wind to our backs and it was so pleasant

I am just used to riding in corn fields I've never drafted and it sounds like that would be helpful. Someone offered to pull me a few weeks back when we were in Eagle Creek and the wind was causing one of my old injuries to give me a problem but I was afraid to take her up on it - I am not really accustomed to riding with others in general but especially not that close Those last 5 miles were just awesome I bet!