april 12 Rides

[Fredwina]

50 miles
I did a route 66 trip in between the club ride
It's in the 90 with Santa ana's here(a blast! maybe not!)

[solobiker]

Thanks for the pics!! It is so nice to see the color green again. Things here in CO are slowing starting to turn green. How did you survive the ride in the wind?? It gets pretty windy here in the spring and it can be quite the challenge

[salsabike]

Well WELL. Wish I had pictures as good as Fredwina's but as usual we forgot to bring a camera. It's a BEAUTIFUL day in the neighborhood here in the Pacific Northwest. We did a 50 mile tandem ride around the north part of Lake Washington, and took a look at the Danskin bike route while we were at it. Man, it's gorgeous out there today! Whee! Winter's over.

[Crankin]

Well, it was supposed to be 45-60, with heavy rain today, maybe clearing in the afternoon, late. So I went to the gym at 7 AM, lifted weights and ran/walked on the treadmill. We had to go a couple of places closer to the city to do errands, so I thought I wouldn't be able to ride. By the time we were done with the first errand, the sun was shining and it was 65 out!
My husband isn't feeling that well, with a cold, and he is about to leave for an overnight flight to Paris. So I suggested we ride our Jamis' into town. It was very relaxing, I did an errand, and then we sat on a bench and watched all of the tourists piling into town for Patriot's Day, which is the 21st. Then I noticed some really dark clouds, sort of heading our way and I knew it was going to rain. Let's just say that was the fastest ride I've had on the Jamis. It started sprinkling and about 5 minutes after we got home the skies really opened up. Lots of thunder, too.
There were tons of cyclists out today and I feel sorry for the ones that got caught in that storm.
A grand total of 7.6 miles.

[Geonz]

Did about ten miles in the sleet and 30 mph wnds (okay, that wa sonly out on the prairie... in town wa sbetter).
Gonna get out again 'cause it's only cloudy... Mary Cliff is playin "beam me up, scotty" and I'm identifying too much

[mimitabby]

for the first time in my life I rode further than Fredwina!

56 miles. from my house to U district (hilly) then back down to the lake for the south lake loop then back south to get back to my house. Sunny, happy, pleasant; now i'm happily tired and a bit sore. 2500 feet of climbing! or more; depending whose computer you're looking at.

[Beane]

So I suggested we ride our Jamis' into town.

I believe the plural of Jamis is Jamii

[mupedalpusher]

Here in wonderful "winter never ends" Missouri, we got it all today. Wind, rain, sleet & snow. No ride for me, it's nasty out.

[Starfish]

36 miles, 2467' climbing. I'm very out of shape. It felt brutal & took forever.

I was looking at last year's log, and this time last year I did this:
17 miles, 2353' climbing. But the average miles/hour were the same as today (which should have been a lot faster with less climbing!).

OUT. OF. SHAPE.

[KnottedYet]

Spent a relaxed 4 hrs riding all over north Seattle. Found some cool alley cut-offs to avoid Dalai Lama traffic heading downtown, scoped out part of a much better commute route than what I'd been riding, did some errands, had lunch at Greenlake.

Watched Seattleites pour outside today. High 60's and sunny, clear blue sky!

[Starfish]

Oh, I forgot to add about my ride:

I saw 9 bald eagles all at once today. Two were circling at a lower elevation, and there were a full 7 others circling in pretty close proximity a LOT higher up. It is not unusual to see them around here, but I usually don't see so many all at once.

[BeeLady]

Just errands to the grocery store and cleaners. Beautiful sunny day but quite windy. Normally I'm a wimp when it comes to wind, but did my 9-miles in the wind without a problem.

Just drove home for 5 hours from Ft. Worth last night. I took my bike up on Thursday and went to the bike shop with my sister who bought her first bike in 20+ years. We rode around her neighborhood, to the gym, to my mom's, etc. We talked this morning and she'd already been out cycling today! So nice getting someone else out pedaling!

[kelownagirl]

Went for an easyish ride after my swim today. Rode an easy 10km to watch my son play baseball, then did a hard workout on the triathlon bike route and upped my avg speed from 25 kmh to 27.5 kmh this time, then rode back to the Y. 31.5km in total. Can't wait to try to triathlong route without having to stop at street lights...

Oh, and it was beautiful out! Sunny and warm - up to 21 C by the end of the ride!

[Fredwina]

Thanks for the pics!! It is so nice to see the color green again. Things here in CO are slowing starting to turn green. How did you survive the ride in the wind?? It gets pretty windy here in the spring and it can be quite the challenge

Aside From almost getting blown over once or twice, ok.
they were really strong today! more of the same is no tap for tomorrow, which I may skip the women's ride.(and I was going to play hooky from church and go with up the Cajon Pass )

[Popoki_Nui]

I'm very out of shape. It felt brutal & took forever.

OUT. OF. SHAPE.

Hoo boy...I am so with you with this! I managed just shy of 60km on rolling hills with no real climbing and felt like I hadn't ridden in years, not weeks. Yuk.
Still, what a gorgeous day! Lots of cyclists out, everyone smiling and happy. About darn time!
Time for a hot bath for my stiff, sore old bod.