So Jason got his miles in this morning and was pushing me out of the house to get a ride of my own in. Just as I was getting my shoes on ( last step before leaving-hate hot feet!!!). We hear thunder. Seriously? I was already not super motivated to ride the trail route I've done a million ( or maybe just 100 ) times before. This shower was literally popping up right over our house. So Jason and the kids headed off on their errands and I decided to drive west to get out of the rain. Ten miles from home the roads and sky were dry and I got on the trail and headed north.
Not far into the ride, a man came up along side me and asked if he could ride withe awhile. I said sure and we rode the next fiveish miles together. It was nice to have someone to ride with, and I'm going to go with that, rather than worrying if he was a psycho rapist. There was enough traffic on the trail that I felt ok.
I turned around before he did and ended up having a nice almost 16 miles. I wanted to go farther but I need to toughen up my seat. My legs and gas tank still had miles in them but my seat did not!
Sorry kids- no room for you!
All in all a great ride. I'm continuing to get more comfortable with shifting and braking. My two sided pedals are kind of annoying; they like to flip to the clip in side not the flat side I am using. Not ready to make that jump yet but it will come. Pretty happy with the bump in my average speed too!
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