Rides weekend of Oct 1

[MojoGrrl]

Group ride today on the tandem with my beloved, and as usual, we took off and dropped them...and then he got lost, of course, and turned a 45-mile ride into 60. He is such a stereotypical male, insisting he knows where he's going and refusing to let me look at the map and tell him where to go. And it's not like I have a lot of say in things, being the stoker. Oh well, I'm fine with putting in extra miles to stay in shape since we're doing a century in a couple of weeks, and we did meet up with the group again after all.

[Sardine]

We're having wonderful weather and yesterday was a perfect day for a ride. Joined a local cycling club for their Sunday regular and discovered that I'm just a 40 minute ride away from lovely green country lanes. It's a shame I'll never find them again on my own. About 60 miles door to door, and the leader's navigation skills were so good that we hardly needed to stop except for a tea break (literally – we're in England), lunch (at a pub, of course) and a few catch-up stops at the top of hills. There was a particularly long and steep hill towards the end that added interest.

It was nice to ride with a sociable and relaxed group of people. I was the only woman on the return leg as the others had commitments to get to but there wasn't a hint of testosterone around. I'm not one for joining clubs but I'm hoping that this will become a regular thing.

[ridenread]

Did a 20 mile ride yesterday. The weather started out beautiful and sunny but heavy clouds rolled in by mile 12. Decided I had better head back home since rain was in the forecast. The sun was in and out all day but it never did rain. The winds were not very much fun and I seemed to be riding into a headwind no matter which way I was going.

[ivorygorgon]

DH and I road the Tour de Poway - http://www.tourdepoway.com/102MileProfile.pdf

We did the 100 mile route; riding time was about 6.5 hours. It was very hot. I think I melted.