You seemed to have had a very good winter of riding. Safe travels home.

Wow! What a beautiful place to ride!

very rural with a bit of planing... Comunidad Valenciana

Yesterday, I showed a friend my local roads and sites around Woodside. I got in 33 miles. mellow pace on a beautiful, warm 80° day.

Comunidad Valenciana

Took a lap around my local lake. 80° and a little windy-17mph. I love the smell of spring.

Got out at 1:41am for an easy-peasy 13.31 miles at 12.1 mph average and 15.1 mph max with 69 ℉ temp and 11.9mph winds

Yup, had a good ride today and surprised myself with my watts and average speed. Also had a surprise critter sighting.

Few pics from todays ride.

With limited time this morning, I took a short spin to the duck pond. The temperature was over 60 and below 70, perfect. A light drizzle kept everyone away, so I had the whole park to myself to ride the rain soaked, mud covered, goose poop slicked paths as fast as I felt comfortable with keeping in mind I bruise easy and heal slow.

The more I ride this bike the more I like it. That is almost as risky as the slick path around the pond. I keep thinking about having the bike repainted or powder coated even though the job would cost more than the bike is worth. I still think it would make me happy, and that could tip the benefit cost analysis toward a refinish. But I'm also cheap so there's that.

Finally did a 4-hour ride after cutting short my last 3 or 4 attempts. I did it by riding to a 2-hour+ club ride that was about an hour ride from my house so the only way to get home was to ride .

About an hour into the club ride, I had the weirdest mechanical issue. The bolt holding the guide pulley in the rear derailer had come loose and the chain no longer wrapped around that pulley and became very slack. Luckily no parts were lost and I was able to reassemble everything and complete the ride.


I passed these swans as I left for home from the park where the club ride started/ended. As I pulled up to them, they were napping and had their bills tucked in their wings. But me stopping for a snap woke them up.

Around 24 miles on the Merckx Corsa 01 this morning.

Out again today for another 20 miles. This time I took out the lovely Davison Impulse. I plan to work my way through all 31 road bikes before I repeat a ride on any given bike. They've been sitting too long and all deserve their time out on the road. Today was just a trip across the valley and back with some cold winds.


I enjoy every ride on the Davison

The turn around point of today's ride.

I got out for a 8 mile ride with busy winds. I am heading home tomorrow and should be there by the beginning of next week. Hopefully to some warm riding weather.

I got in a quick 5 miler.

Followed the training plan and did Zone 2 yesterday. I think it was more excruciating than pushing the pace.

I got out for a 10 mile ride today after setting up our trailer for the night. It was pleasant riding weather.

8.7 miles today. The most I did in 6 years.

Yesterday I rode the Mini Tour of Twin Cities permanent - RUSA #05132 https://ridewithgps.com/routes/47107540

I started and ended at the 2nd control - the Victory Flagpole. The winds were out of the SW so the toughest part was the SW section along the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers. My legs were screaming at me after that section and I still had about 30 miles to go. Still, I finished pretty close to my target of 5:00 of riding with 5:14 spent in the saddle.

How much wind? I chicken out when the forecast says gusts 30-35mph. 😄

The winds weren't bad at all - maybe 13-15 mph. It's just that with my current fitness, I was barely ready for 100km. The hills and winds just made the ride a little more difficult. From the official startpoint, the headwind leg was from mile 38-50, and the big climbs were at miles 52 and 59, which were the main reasons I started from the 2nd checkpoint which put those about 16 miles earlier in the ride. Plus the 2nd checkpoint is only about 5 miles from my house. Confession: I had to walk the climb at official mile 59. My ride log (using RideWithGPS) says it was 12%. I don't remember it being that steep, but that's probably because the last time I rode up it was 40 years ago when I lived in south Minneapolis and I was in my mid-20s

Of course it is!

This is for yesterday I got out after setting up the trailer and found 8 miles in the Black Moshannon state forest. I wasn't too comfortable riding as in the campground they don't have cell service and not being able to contact my husband during my ride makes me uncomfortable. So 8 miles is all I rode.

From yesterday. 27 mike mountain bike ride. Came flying around a corner and was blocked by two black snakes. Took a few pictures and they finished and left while I was looking for a way around.