Vwone

I don't post here often but I had to share.

Friday evening, I rode about 20 miles nothing new just a good solid ride.

Saturday morning, I knocked out 50 miles with no real issues.
Saturday night I went to my first crit, the Charlotte Bank of America Crit, that was way to cool! Maybe someday I will be in one. Next,the wife and I had dinner on the street near the track.

Today, I rode another 18 miles to get rid of some soreness and I beat my average by over a 1mph!

So then I cleaned my bike and did some maintenance work. But when I was finished, I couldn't stand it, I had to ride! So no jersey, biking shorts or water bottle I just hopped on it and rode through the local sub divisions. I set my pace at 10 mph and cadence of about 60-70 and actually just looked around. I had forgotten how much fun it is to just ride a bike! I saw other people, I listened to the locus and crickets, I saw things I have never noticed before and I did it without even breaking a sweat! So when I noticed people were starting to turn on their headlights, I came home. I could get use to these types of weekends.

And to top it off I have only 50 more miles until I hit a 1000 and this week was my first week over a hundred miles. Well, 128 to be exact. I have been close all summer long but it just wouldn't work out for some reason or another. I have only be riding 5 months and I never thought I would have ridden a 1000 miles this year or in a life time.

Hipcycler

....and so it goes.
Welcome to the club!

va_cyclist

Ha, I do this too. Every time I clean the chain or the bike I just have to hop on and tool around the neighborhood for a while. You know, like a test ride. Sometimes that's the most fun, when you just go and go slow without all the accessories.