July Rides

[Crankin]

Did our Berkshire warm up ride late yesterday. 18 miles, with enough climbing to make me hurt. This was a slightly different version of a 15 mile ride I've done before. Woke up not feeling so great, definitely allergies, but my stomach and other parts not so great, either. Our ride is 40 miles today, a really beautiful ride, so I have to get myself in gear. My friend is really ow, so I can always ride with her, instead of trying to keep up with her DH.

[cosc]

Yesterday was a perfect (70's without much wind) day to ride. I rode 46 miles, but wasn't feeling up to snuff. About 12 miles in I started getting a stitch in my side which spread to other parts.
I saw a cute scene which I would of stopped and taken a picture if I wasn't looking forward to plopping on my bed at home. There was about 20 red cows cooling themselves in a creek, while their white calves were all in a group keeping flies on the bank of the creek. Amazing thing to me as none of their babies were red like their Mom and not 1 calf was in the cool water.

[ny biker]

I rode 19 miles last night, one of the longer versions of my standard post-work hill ride. Thanks to a derailleur/shifting problem, I had major issues shifting into my largest cog, which meant I couldn't use it like I usually do for the short but steep climbs. What better way to get back in shape after a sedentary vacation? My legs were tired by the end but it was a good kind of tired, as they say.

The weather was damn near perfect, and a found another small park with a restroom that's near my ride start, since the portolet has been removed from the park where I start.

[Crankin]

Today's ride in the Berkshires went from our inn in Gt. Barrington, through Alford, into W Stockbridge, up Lenox Mt. Into Lenox, past Kripu, and Tanglewood and into Stockbridge where we ate lunch. Then we took a back way through Housatonic back. 40 miles, 2500 ft of climbing, but it felt much harder than the last time I did this ride. It is really a beautiful ride, but really lots of ups and downs.
Tomorrow, 57 miles.

[emily_in_nc]

Yesterday was my day off the bike.

Today was WINDY. Sheesh! Worst wind we've had here so far. I made it about 10 miles into our planned route (which pretty much headed out right into the wind for 20 miles and would have a great tailwind on the way back) before deciding I just couldn't handle 10 more miles of headwinds and turning around. DH left later than me and would have caught me, but we both detoured on different roads and missed each other, so I finally called him and let him know where I'd be going. We both did loops closer to "home" to avoid any more westward pedaling, and I cut my ride short with "only" 31.25 miles. Still, glad to get that in these conditions!

[Crankin]

That should have said Kripalu.

[marni]

another successful 36 miles at 14.9. Can't believe that I have done two days in a row at a speed which is almost light speed for me. Guess for once there hasn't been any head wind, or maybe the heavy leg presses actually are paying off. time will tell.