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08-23-08, 01:36 PM
Great Ride today!! 39.55 Miles, 3 hours 7 seconds. This was the same ride I went on that was the hardest ride of my career - on 7/26/08 Ride 18 ( 39.45 miles, 3 hours 15 minutes (weight 5 pounds heavier than today). Welll here we are 8/23 Ride 31 - and I swear the ride got easier!!
I was dead last agin -but I did great! I remeber the ride being hugely hilly! Last time I rode I wanted to cry - and it was hot. This time it was spitting rain lightly at times, windy, cool - 80 degrees max. I knew to go easy anyway I improved my time 15 minutes without trying. I was concntrating on going slow so I woudl not get too tired for the hills.
Also - my ride partner and I were like a SAG vehicle. We found 2 people along the way - 3 flats and kept them company while they changed the flat - or my partner gave one a tube. One person had 2 flats - So he finallly patched up his tire and was good for the rest of the ride.
Anyway - I am off to go have a great rest of the day! Miss Bumble gets stronger! Or maybe the route got easier....It's a marked route - too. Go figure!
I was dead last agin -but I did great! I remeber the ride being hugely hilly! Last time I rode I wanted to cry - and it was hot. This time it was spitting rain lightly at times, windy, cool - 80 degrees max. I knew to go easy anyway I improved my time 15 minutes without trying. I was concntrating on going slow so I woudl not get too tired for the hills.
Also - my ride partner and I were like a SAG vehicle. We found 2 people along the way - 3 flats and kept them company while they changed the flat - or my partner gave one a tube. One person had 2 flats - So he finallly patched up his tire and was good for the rest of the ride.
Anyway - I am off to go have a great rest of the day! Miss Bumble gets stronger! Or maybe the route got easier....It's a marked route - too. Go figure!