July 23 Rides

[makbike]

I decided to take my recumbent out for a spin this afternoon. Each ride builds my confidence and I find myself feeling very comfortable on this bike. Slowly by surely my speed is also creeping upwards though not as fast as I would like (guess that is the competitive side of me). Anyways, I left the house thinking the Tour de France coverage started at 4 so I knew I had to hustle if I was going to get a ride in. I decided to ride from my little town to the next little town (Eminence, Ky) which is really a straight shot up the road (has a nice wide shoulder so the traffic flying by at 55+mph is not so intimidating). Made it to Eminence, stopped at the BP station for a quick break, jumped on my bike and headed home thinking I was going to miss the first 15 minutes or so of the coverage (of course I already knew Landis had won but I wanted to see the show). Made it home, ran inside turned the TV on and discovered coverage did not start until 5 I could have gotten a few more miles in had I realized my mistake, oh well. I ended up riding 24 miles today and my average speed crept up to 14.5 (a fairly flat course). It was a great day to ride, low humidity, temps in upper 80's, clear skies = a simply beautiful day to be on a bike.

I had comtemplated riding a century today with the club but decided I really did not want to get up at 6 a.m., my legs felt really tired on the club ride last night and the two factors kept me in bed until 9:30 this morning. My little 24 mile ride today felt good so I guess the extra sleep was needed or maybe I'm just plain lazy!

[light_sabe_r]

23rd I did 40km from my house (south Side) to Nudgee beach (north side) in Brisbane. Then did an extra ten km to get to the nearest train station to get back home. :P I was to exhausted to make it into a century...

Really was a GREAT day. I mean it was the furtherst I'd ever cycled before, I got to see some amazing scenery which I didn't know existed on that side of the river and I ended up going home and just fell asleep as soon as I lay down on the bed. (Yup... I Sugar Crashed)

That being said This morning (24th for me here) I could BARELY make it up any hills at all on my way to work... I think I over did it yesturday.