Weekend Rides: Sept 15

[Owlie]

I compromised and did a 33-mile ride instead of the 50 I had planned. My knee was a lot happier being kept close to the top tube, and I suspect the ibuprofen I took beforehand helped! Now for a few days off.

[Catrin]

Just came back from riding this trail a mile up the road from my house. It is short but I take my mountain bike over it 2 or 3 times. It is just plain fun!

This is beautiful!

I compromised and did a 33-mile ride instead of the 50 I had planned. My knee was a lot happier being kept close to the top tube, and I suspect the ibuprofen I took beforehand helped! Now for a few days off.

Hey Owlie, do you ordinarily foam roll or anything for your IT band? Just wondering, these days the only time I've trouble with my knee is when my IT band gets overly tight...not saying that is what is causing your knee problems, I was just thinking about that. And yes, I am having problems with that this weekend...which is why I rode yesterday but not today.

[Becky]

Friday evening, I did a moderately-paced, women's-only mountain bike ride with the LBS that I'll be racing for next spring (gulp!). It was a great way to meet a couple of my teammates, and everyone was super-nice! Afterwards, we hung out at the shop, drank beer, and chatted. It was a great time

Sunday evening, I did the shop ride. It was 3 of us: the shop owner, another guy...and me. OMG. I'm pretty sure that my lungs and at least one leg are still are the trail somewhere! I know that ride will make me faster and stronger, but I dunno if I can do that again.... Oww.

[azfiddle]

I rode a lot. My rear end is reminding me about it.

Friday, an easy sunset ride to Saguaro NP and back.
Saturday, my regular ride group rode 65 miles, and it was kind of windy. We averaged about 15, still okay for me.

Today, my new team, all women, scheduled the same ride, (except we started a mile away, so it was 67 miles). Much less wind and some good teamwork with pacelines and we we ended up with 67 miles over 16 mph. That's about 150 miles.

Yes, it's time to train for El Tour de Tucson, but I it was a lot of miles for one weekend...

[lauraelmore1033]

We did the north 65 mile loop of the Chuckanut Century on the tandem. It was our first "real" ride out on the road and we were secretly pleased to run into a tandem team we met on the Montana tour who said they were surprised and impressed that we were venturing out on such a long organized ride with less than 200 miles under our belts on the new bike. They had mentioned it took them two years to get "good" at it. Not sure what "good at it" means but they did pass us a few times, so I'm guessing that they meant fast... Anyway, the weather was gorgous and the route was beautiful and the beer was wonderful after we were done

[Wasp]

I did 70 miles of the south loop of the Chuckanut Century today. The weather was perfect. The cyclist were all very friendly and helpful. The scenery was fantastic, we had ocean, forests, lakes, rolling hills, farms, ummmmm did I mention hills????? I think more than a few i went up are related to Mt Everest. The bbq and beer afterwards was a fun time. I really enjoyed myself and im Looking forward to doing the flat north route next year.

[lauraelmore1033]

The north route wasn't all that flat... Well, according to a profile I saw, there weren't any hills with more than 200 feet of elevation gain, but in practise, we discovered, that can mean hills of a 10% or more grade! That Chuckanut Drive is quite a beauty, isn't it?