July Rides

[emily_in_nc]

Way to go Emily! And the year's only half over, so well done you! Riding in the heat is hard, I hate it. I'm glad I didn't do STP this year, as the first day was in the 90's. It would have killed me for sure, haha.

I've been sick all week, horrible bronchitis. I'm hoping to feel better to ride tomorrow maybe.

Thanks AppleTree, and so sorry to hear that you're sick...bad time of year for that.

I was amazed to see how hot it would be for the STP. I'm sure that's atypical!

I'm sure my miles will tail off this fall as we'll be traveling back east, so lots of days in the car, then some family time so not a lot of cycling then either. So for me, the year is well more than half over...and really it is since this is the 7th month, not the 6th. I was thinking the same thing today as I rode along: "Hey, today the year is just about half over!" when I realized that actually occurred a month ago. Time flies!

[Crankin]

Getting ready for our annual trip to the Berkshires. Decided to rest yesterday and just got back from a very fast 3 mile walk with DH at 5:30 AM. I want my legs to be rested, as my friend who plans the routes has 2 new ones: one is 57 miles with lots of climbing in the beginning and the other has a 15% climb. The others, well, I already know the suffering! Oy. I will be tempted to sit by the pool with DH as he heals, but I intend to ride every mile. This should add in some good mileage for me. I'm at 1,100 and I need to be at 2,000 by the end of August to get near 3K for the year. It probably won't happen, but, I am hoping for a nice fall.
DH went to the ortho yesterday. He doesn't need to wear the sling, can walk or run. He's still targeting easy riding around Aug. 15. The doc said he'll be easily be ready to lead a ride we are doing on 9/27 and for our trip to Portugal, the week after that.