This was my first time with the Chappell Hill ride. Only one of my MS150 teammates showed up and she was my training partner for the ride. She killed me on the hills. Hell, she even coasted faster than me down the hills. I left my HRM strap in my truck and realized it just before our wave took off. We targeted the 64 mile ride, but took the second cutoff for the 44 mile route. I had a terrible cramp/charlie horse at the top of the hill after the last rest stop. I had to use my water bottle as a makeshift foam roller to work it out. I almost got off and walked the last hill, but fought the urge. At the end of the ride, I couldn't unclip at all. I ended up pulling into the driveway across the street from the parking lot to finally get one foot off the clips. My cleat bolts had worked loose on both shoes and the show just spun. I walked in one shoe back to my truck. I put some new cleats on that came with my pedals when I got home. I tightened the bejeebus out of them this time.

Overall, I had a good ride. Pace was a bit slow at 15.7 mph, but it was my first hill ride. I do wish I did more leg workouts in my weight training. I'm going to try and squeeze a few sessions in over the course of this week and the next.