June 9 Rides - Great Weather Everywhere!

[Mr. Bloom]

It seems that there is a high pressure system that is keeping most all of North America sunny today! How many miles will be logged on this continent?!?!?!?!?!?!

SilverSon and I are about to go do Evansville's Tour de Bloom. At least 31 miles, but I'm trying to talk him into his first metric century!!! Wish me luck psyching him up to that.

Now that I'm not thinking, I don't get why they call it the Tour de Bloom. The "Blooms" are gone...they should call it the "Tour de Corn & Coal"

Silver is doing a sprint tri in Owensboro, Kentucky.

[Crankin]

Sorry, Mr. Silver, there is not great weather here in the Northeast. As I sit here, it is raining and thundering. My club had to cancel our bike rally, which is a major fundraiser. But, my husband and I went out at 8 AM, after watching the radar of the approaching front and got in a pretty good 16.5 mile ride. It was raining for the last couple of miles, but I had my rain jacket. There were tons of cyclists out, trying to get some miles in.
At least our dinner and speaker is still on for tonight!

[Aggie_Ama]

Well it is sunny in Texas but HOT!! I am waiting for DH and we will log some miles this afternoon. We have a goal of 100 per week and only have 15 so far, I am sure we will do a 30+ mile, maybe 50 miler. Better plan for one with water stops!

[SouthernBelle]

I put in a shorter ride this morning, have things I gotta do today. Though the temp was a pleasant 80, the humidity was a less pleasant 84%. Sad when the humidity is higher than the temp. But that will change as they climb back up into the 90s next week.

I was trying out new pedals that have replaced my spd 505s. Shimano A520s which I'll report on after a couple more rides.

But got in 20 pleasant miles, stopped at a tent sale full of books (going back there), loosened up the old legs.

[Surlygirl]

I just spent the morning at a lacrosse jamboree in the pouring rain at Fort Devens here in Mass and it was nasty and cold. They called off all the games when we could see lightning in the distance. Hundreds of kids all running around with aluminum sticks just can't be a good idea in a storm. The kids were bummed.

[NJBikeGal]

With the pro race tomorrow in Philly...this is certainly a bike happy weekend for me! Last night was the Manayunk Wall Hill Climb, in which my teammate Liz took first for the 3rd year in a row! She's part mountain goat, I think. This morning, several of my teammates did a Time Trial (top finish for our team was 6th! ) Then, we took a ride out and about town. I ended up test riding a Specialized S-Works Tarmac for 20+ miles. AWESOME bike! I took it up hill, down a hill at 40 mph, over cobbles (cobbles? what cobbles? I don't feel no cobbles on that bike!), did some sprints. All around kick butt bike! I highly recommend one if you have $5500 lying around! If you have $11000, give me a call and you can buy me one, too!

All in all, I was on or with my bike from 8am to almost 2. That's a good day!

Oh, and last night...they had a gathering at my LBS with the Health Net, Priority Health, Sierra Nevada, and Aaron's women's pro teams. My DH and I ended up winning a Health Net jersey signed by the team that is racing tomorrow...pretty rockin!

[Starfish]

It seems that there is a high pressure system that is keeping most all of North America sunny today! How many miles will be logged on this continent?!?!?!?!?!?!

Except, of course, on the Olympic Peninsula of WA state. I knew the weather report for both today and tomorrow was for steady rain, and a high of 55 degrees.

I had to get some miles in today, so I got up, got dressed, and headed out at 7am in, yes, a cold rain and 55 degree temps. I needed/wanted to get in 100 miles today, so I was going to train my attitude and get out there in the cold rain.

Well, I thought I was dressed well enough, but I was wrong. Twelve miles in I was soaked and chilled, with a lovely case of nausea (which tends to happen to me when I have to ride in too many clothes in cold weather...I need to work on that...need some bibs!). I bagged it. I was worried that on an unsupported century, it wasn't wise to risk being out there with the possiblity of using up both my tubes with 20 miles to go before any services...and being really cold and chilled and nauseous. OK, OK, I weenied out.

Came home, took a bath, washed my clothes, washed my bike. Really disgusted with cold rain in June, as usual. OK, now for a piece of cheese to go with my whine.