June 8 Ride Reports

[betagirl]

No ride today, I have a cold. How cruel are summer colds? It was such a nice day today, but I doubt my throat or runny nose would have allowed me to go very far.

Tomorrow is another day...

[im4smiley]

hibiscus, sounds like you are off to a good start. I can't do anything without eating a little something, just doesn't work for me. I just got back from a 21mile ride, avg speed was 15 mph. Last 7 miles was in the pouring rain, blah, but we had a good ride, more hills than we really wanted to do but we just kept plugging along. We have gotten rained on 3 of the last 4 rides we have done. I'd be happy to send the rain to anyone who needs some

[makbike]

Started the morning off marking my route for the club ride tomorrow. It is a very scenic route, passing many farms. We should see lots of horses, cows, goats, etc as we travel the back roads of Shelby County. I'm betting we see more tractors than we do cars/trucks tomorrow. I'm taking the club through the small town of Pleasureville and the fringes of Cropper tomorrow. It should be a great day for a ride (35 miles).

I participated in the club ride this evening, a fast paced 30 mile route. I was able to pass some of the areas I spent time collecting specimens (herps, insects, plants, etc) while in undergrad and grad school - oh those were the days. Sadly, many of these areas have now been developed and the original beauty lost to large homes and developments.

[hirakukibou]

It rained most of the day, but wasn't raining when my friend called to say that she wanted to escape her crabby husband for a spin. I joined her for a very slow paced 15 miler. It was nice to get out and escape my crabby partner, although I was freezing. (It's hard to believe it's June!) Hope to go out tomorrow or this weekend for a longer ride. Perhaps a club ride on Sat or Sun. I have a bit over a 100 miles so far this week, it would be nice to get 150. We'll see.

[AuntieK]

I'm jealous of all of you who were able to get rides in today!
I was planning on going out for a ride early this morning, but I woke up this morning with an elevated heart rate...so I decided I better take the day off.
Went for a swim lesson instead. My tri-friends think I should learn to swim.

[melissam]

I thought I was going to take today off, since I had plans for tonight. However, the plans changed, so I got to go for a ride! An unexpected joy. I even got to try out the new bike computer and gloves I bought during lunch.

After work, I rode a trail and discovered that it dead-ended at the junction of Highways 101 and 87. So I turned around and came back. All in all, it was almost 11 miles and took me about an hour. I know, I'm not exactly a speed demon.

The most exciting part of the route was going down a path of loose stones to get under an overpass. My bike got a little squirrely and the sun was in my eyes. But we made it!

-- Melissa