I had planned to join the cycling club for my first ride this morning, but DH was off in the morning and couldn't tag along. He wanted to ride and I enjoy his company, so I printed out a new map and off we went. Little did we know one of our turns was completely shut down for construction. Road work is an ongoing fact of life in Austin, we should have known. We rode on for a while and decided we needed to turn around so DH could get showered for work.

Instead of a nice loop we had to go back up a monster of a hill and into a headwind. With the hills, humidity, heat and wind it was a very challenging ride. I have been sore all afternoon, but I am glad we had to work so hard.