Weekend Rides - 9/17-18

[indysteel]

DH and I just finished Day One of the Katy Trail. We got about 10 miles of 40 before the skies opened up. The next ten miles were pretty miserable, but we stopped for lunch and regrouped. Thankfully, the rain had stopped. The trail was pretty soggy and sludge-like. It took a fair amount of effort to sustain any momentum. The rain didn't start in earnest again until about 5 miles to go. So now we're at a very pretty historic hotel waiting for our room to be ready. Minus the rain, we're having fun, and the rain wouldn't be that big of a drag of it weren't also kind of chilly. The weather feels more like October than September.

[amb]

Did the Good Sam Bike Jam in Lafayette CO. It was supposed to be 62 miles but my computer said 59. I didn't feel the need to make up the 3 miles I didn't get.

It was a fab ride - sunny, 70's and beautiful! It started out in the 40's though so it gave me a taste of Fall riding to come.

Just the other day I was thinking next year I should do a century but I was glad to be done today (and tired!) so I don't know if I have it in me. I'm in as good of cycling shape now as I would be next year. We'll see....

[Catrin]

DH and I just finished Day One of the Katy Trail. We got about 10 miles of 40 before the skies opened up. The next ten miles were pretty miserable, but we stopped for lunch and regrouped. Thankfully, the rain had stopped. The trail was pretty soggy and sludge-like. It took a fair amount of effort to sustain any momentum. The rain didn't start in earnest again until about 5 miles to go. So now we're at a very pretty historic hotel waiting for our room to be ready. Minus the rain, we're having fun, and the rain wouldn't be that big of a drag of it weren't also kind of chilly. The weather feels more like October than September.

Glad to hear the rain held off a bit for you, and glad to hear that you are having fun! How do you like your touring bike?

The wind feels more like October...

On my way south this morning I got a text from several mtb friends camping for the weekend who told me there had been steady rain for several hours and it wasn't letting up. As dry as the trails are I may have been able to ride anyway but turned around and went home... I wasn't that far.

Went for a WINDY ride in my favorite-but-getting-boring park. It was hard to stay vertical in some places so I didn't head outside of the park to my windswept cornfields. I must be smitten by the MTB bug because I found myself yearning to hit the entrance of anything that looked like a trail (bikes aren't allowed off-pavement in that park). Got a windy 90 minutes in and went home.