Fifty Plus (50+) - Lousy day for a ride, good day for pie

Just miserable out... the sky is thick with overcast, and it's not just on the coast; there's no sun to be found anywhere around here today.
It's cold with just enough wind to chill you down deep. And is that a sprinkle I feel? Oh my gawd, yes, let's add a few drops to the mix.
So, just keep moving or you'll lock up tight as a drum. If you don't generate your on heat, there won't be any. Simple as that.

But that's not enough to stop me, now, is it?
It was a good ride anyway. A short but satisfying 27.5 miles.

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I drive up this road -Sneath Lane- when I bring my baby home from day care twice a week.
It doesn't seem that bad. Wonder what it's like to ride up it? Today I found out.
That's it, over to the right, where it says 15.7% and 9.3%. Oy! A half mile of misery.
Followed by another mile of "up".
Yeah, well, I did it so what am I'm complaining about?

I didn't bring the camera... with the clouds, the grey, and the light, there wouldn't be much worth seeing.
But I did get a couple of pictures after I got home.

I walk in the first thing Mrs S asks me, the first thing: Did you do 20 miles?
I did 27.5, says I

To which she said, You haven't been having any pie on your rides.

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Seems she made a stop at Marie Callendar. Just for me :D
Razzleberry.

Is she something special or what?
If you rode a bike, she'd be perfect.

Well, you work with what you get! It was supposed to be solid rain/thunderstorms today, but it looked like the storms went North and South of us, so other than being cloudy, warm, and humid, it was OK. I went for a 30-mile ride today, then visited my brand-new granddaughter at the hospital, then took my son out to dinner for his birthday at a Mexican restaurant. Altogether, a pretty good day!

A good day? I'd say!

We had t-storms today. I watched the radar and found an open slot of about 2hrs and got in my intermediate training loop. The elevation profile is shown, about a 25 mile ride. The skys opened up 15 min after I got home. Tomorrow the weather is supposed to be pretty good so I will do a little climbing (about 40m) - the second elevation profile.

As far as the pie goes - I took my daughter out shopping this afternoon as her birthday is next week and I will be traveling. We passed one of our favorite cafes and she said - "Dad, can we skip the birthday cake this year, I'd rather have pie". So we bought her favorite - an apple pie and bought 1/2 gal of vanilla bean ice cream and went home. Not bad for a 7 year old - I have converted her to pie! We enjoyed a nice slice after a quite dinner.

Sounds nice. Where do you get those detailed elevation profiles? Is that something you crank out of a Garmin?

Thats a mighty tasty looking pie there.

We had thunderstorms this afternoon so I made hummus and a key lime pie. It was pretty good but I could go for a slice of that razzleberry.

We didn't ride today. :eek: Cgallagh was prepping the tandem for tomorrow's time trial.

Good job on the suffering in the crummy weather, and props to Mrs. SKT for the pie. :thumb:

After a ride such as that- you can count yourself as a Hill climber. And with such dismal weather- you found the advantage of generating your own body heat. And then to finish up with pie!!!!! How good it is to have a thoughtfull and caring wife. I have to buy mine "En Route"

Sounds nice. Where do you get those detailed elevation profiles? Is that something you crank out of a Garmin?

Yep. Data from the Garmin, downloaded to Ascent on my Mac.
I use SportTracks on my PC and it has some nice graphs, too, but I tend to go with Ascent more.


After a ride such as that- you can count yourself as a Hill climber. And with such dismal weather- you found the advantage of generating your own body heat. And then to finish up with pie!!!!! How good it is to have a thoughtfull and caring wife. I have to buy mine "En Route"

Oh, I am a climber, no question.
They're not super long but they're getting longer... and harder.
And I go looking for them.
The whole point of today's ride was to climb Sneath Lane; the rest was gravy.
But, man, did my HR blow up a couple of times.
I was fighting down from 166BPM probably more times than I should have been and I pushed through to 170 once. No pain, no gain, right?
Seriously; you have to push to improve.

Mrs S. is a catch, isn't she?
I know I was griping about her not riding more but the pie is who she is.
I wouldn't do it if I didn't think I was able to and I don't do it that often.

Yep. Data from the Garmin, downloaded to Ascent on my Mac.
I use SportTracks on my PC and it has some nice graphs, too, but I tend to go with Ascent more.


I looked up SportsTracks - looks good. Thanks for the tip. I will give it a try. It will sure beat loading my Forerunner into Bikely or using the lame software it came with.