One thing I've been wanting to do before the snow flies is to re-ride the route from the first Rally Ride that Jason and I did in April. Jason had a day off so after the kids headed to school, we drove to Beavercreek Station. My hope was to see if I could tackle the hill at the Wright Memorial and how it would be different with my new bike. I did it! It was hard, hard, hard! I almost gave up, but I looked back and saw how far I had come and how little I had to go. I thought I was going to puke when I got to the top but I DID IT!
From the bottom, after we went up. 
We went across Huffman Dam and then decided to add a little to the route and hit Riverscape in downtown Dayton. The fountains started spraying after we passed under them. It was a refreshing shower!
I hit a wall at about mile 24. I am seeing a trend where I hit a wall when I am about 3/4 done with a ride. I struggle for a few miles and then the last few miles are fine. Not sure if it is a body thing or a mind thing; I'm leaning more towards a mind thing because it seems like it is always about 3/4 in, irregardless of the miles.
In the end, it was a great ride. We had some great (for me) splits and it was just nice to spend time together.
Stats:
30.5 miles
11.7 avg speed
I also got two rides with friends in this week for a weekly total of 58.9 miles! Pretty happy about that and hope to continue to rack up the miles this fall!
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