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04-20-08, 12:12 PM
2 weeks after joining the 10-Mile Club, I decided it was time to join the 20-mile club today. Its been a tough week with being busy at work, having a nasty Sinus/Flu/Cold sickness for 3 days, and visiting my wife's dying grandmother the last 2 weekends.
In spite of all the obstacles, I found time between the rain to get on the bike and do some miles. It was harder than I thought, but easier than I thought as well. I wasn't out for speed today mostly just distance, and I was still able to avg over 10mph at 11.76mph. 20 miles at 1:42:03. I was very happy with myself.
The last 2.5 miles were the toughest as I still had 3 steep and curvy rolling hills to ride. I stopped at the 10-mile mark for a ten minute break and drank 2 bottles of water and ate a banana.
I'm just glad to be able to get out today and ride, but I did learn a valuable lesson. While I told my wife I was going for a ride, I didn't tell her that it would be longer than usual. Lately I've been riding 10-12 miles in 45-50 mins, so today I was gone for over and hour and a half. She was pretty upset at me! She was afraid that I got hit by a car or fell off my bike and was unconscious somewhere! Well, at least she does worry about me, I guess that says something.
In spite of all the obstacles, I found time between the rain to get on the bike and do some miles. It was harder than I thought, but easier than I thought as well. I wasn't out for speed today mostly just distance, and I was still able to avg over 10mph at 11.76mph. 20 miles at 1:42:03. I was very happy with myself.
The last 2.5 miles were the toughest as I still had 3 steep and curvy rolling hills to ride. I stopped at the 10-mile mark for a ten minute break and drank 2 bottles of water and ate a banana.
I'm just glad to be able to get out today and ride, but I did learn a valuable lesson. While I told my wife I was going for a ride, I didn't tell her that it would be longer than usual. Lately I've been riding 10-12 miles in 45-50 mins, so today I was gone for over and hour and a half. She was pretty upset at me! She was afraid that I got hit by a car or fell off my bike and was unconscious somewhere! Well, at least she does worry about me, I guess that says something.