October 22/23,2011 rides!

[westtexas]

Fred, that is some seriously beautiful country you are riding through. How many miles was it total? And it looks like it was a pretty cold day too!

I rode 50 miles this morning at 17+ with a new group I've started riding with a few times a week. They're all older than me, but they can seriously kick my butt. It was a cool morning - started out in the 60s - and very little wind, so it made for a pretty pleasant ride. I was impressed with how well the land around here has recovered after the apocalyptic summer fires we had. Just a smidge of rain and the landscape has a fuzzy green coat over the soil. Went a new route today too which is always nice, especially since the sights to see around here get old pretty quickly (and are definitely not picture worthy!)

Afterward, ate a bunch and then napped for two hours and although tired, my muscles seem to be recovering nicely. Going out for sushi tonight. Will hopefully be riding another 50 tomorrow too.

[Roadtrip]

WOW. Pretty country there Fredwina!!

I returned to my old hilly route today and the time off the bike really showed. I couldn't finish the route and bailed out before the big hill at the end. I knew there was no way I'd make it so I turned around. Disappointed. Legs like Jello and really shaky and felt like they would buckly just walking back to car. Tired.

Shannon

[Fredwina]

"Only" (for me) 38 miles

[azfiddle]

71 miles. I didn't feel that tired when I got off the bike but I needed a nap after taking a warm soak. My group separates out pretty quickly by speed (I'm always at the back), but a couple of thoughtful guys stayed back and kept me company on different parts of the ride. The last 18 miles I told them it was just fine if they wanted to go on ahead, though we arrived only 5-10 apart at the end.

Unfortunately, a couple of guys in the fast group went down- both will be alright but one needed a trip to the ER to get checked out.

[rubysoho]

rode yesterday after work and only got five miles into my ride before I started feeling not right. Pulled over and had to wait for some dizziness to go away. Apparently it was too soon after the cold I thought I was over. Pedaled easily back to my car. Ran today and felt 100 times better so I think I will try for a twenty mile ride tomorrow.

[7rider]

Random riding...48 miles - started with 2 friends. Picked up the N2 for about 15 miles. Split off from the N2 with my 2 friends. They peeled off at various points with other home commitments. Headed home solo, with a slight detour to ride with my friend visiting from Chile who's in the area for a while - ran into him on my ride home.

Stopped to munch on a Peanut Butter and Jelly Lara Bar as I was so darned hungry. It was DA BOMB! Loved it. Gotta go find more. Almost as good as their Cashew Cookie and Blueberry Muffin.

Got home. DH and I went to REI to pick up ski poles that I ordered and had shipped to the store. Then we went and test drove a Ford Edge and Ford Explorer. I think we're going to buy the Honda Pilot. My poor old Escape has been feeling jealous that we've been looking at other cars, and the brakes started failing and it started making awful metal noises recently in protest. Sigh.

[bluebug32]

Nice pics, Fredwina! All very familiar to me as I live about an hour south. Miss Albany Diner...drool. There are so many great places in the Capital Region. I'll be in Saratoga tomorrow cross racing.