July 24 rides

[Kano]

This is my first "daily ride" post.

DDH- the hills kill me too. But I'm huffing and puffing up them as best I can, and walking the ones that do me in. No big deal, it's all good excercise. I can feel muscles desperately trying to grow more. Been riding about a month now I think, still riding a loaner until "maybe" next week.

Lisa -- something I learned about hills yesterday: If I stop when I feel very winded, so I can catch my breath, I can up-shift a gear or two for a ways on the next stretch. This gives me more "room" to go up the next stretch, and if nothing else, it tricks my mind! I'm still barely moving on the hill, but I feel like I can go farther if I've got a gear or two to downshift into!

I made it all the way up my hills today -- sure did think about stopping in the middle of the biggest one, though!

Karen in Boise

[Geonz]

Did the commute and a club ride and the combo came out to 44 miles, according to Googlemaps, and I don't feel anything like last THursday's 46 (where I was pooped after 35 or so). HEre's to air in the tires and temps below 85 degrees!

Had to have a reality check and spend time Sunday washing dishes instead of going out and trying to pass that next person in the ranks of BikeJournal - which was good, because I was only briefly tempted not to take the shortcut home for the sake of a few extra miles that I really didn't have time for. (So I have a few minutes to do this... hmmm.... better go tackle the laundry...)