Sat. 5/28/11

I decided to head into the SSW wind until I was tired or I got a decent distance from home and then turn around.

Well, I got to Dexter before I turned around and then zipped all the way home with an nice tailwind.

A total of 70 miles for the day...

Thur. 5/26/11

I did the Racine loop today.

I left from work and cut south across town to Bamber Valley, then south to High Forest and continued south on cty 8.

Then east to Racine and stayed east (and north a bit) to cty 1.

From there, I headed north to Pleasant Grove and Simpson and then home.

With a NE wind of ~15 mph, I felt it in my face for the better 2/3rds of the ride.

I think the lungs and heart are in shape, now to concentrate on the legs...

Sat. 5/21/11

Iffy weather all weekend.

The morning was a bust, but I did get in 51 miles starting around 2:00pm.

A bit more wind, but not as much rain.

Since today is the last day of the world, I thought I had better get in a good ride.

Thur. 5/19/11

same route and results as Monday...

Tue. 5/17/11

I felt good the first part of today's ride, but started to run out of gas with around 12 miles to go.

I think I went out a bit too hard and the slight headwind didn't help much.

I went east to Eyota, then continued on to Dover. From there I headed south to Chatfield, then west on cty 2 to cty 1.

From there I turned north for Simpson and eventually home.

I'm not sure if the wind changed from E to NNE while I was out there, but it sure felt like I was in the wind most of the ride.

Anyway, another 51 miles on the books.

Mon. 5/16/11

I got in 35 miles today after work.

I headed east into the stiff NNE winds to Dover, then did an aboutface and got a nice push all the way home.

Needless to say, I went much faster on the return leg.

Weather looks good the rest of this week with rain for the weekend (figures)...

I hope to get in a few more nice rides this week.

Tues. 5/10/11

Warm and toasty, with high humidity and stiff SSE winds, meant that my ride today was hot, sweaty, and 2/3 of the ride was into the wind.

Needless to say, I was tired and drained by the time I rolled into the driveway.

But I did get the entire 48 miles in, so I don't have to hang my head in shame...

Saturday, May 7th

The skies looked to be clearing and the roads were drying up nicely from the early morning rain, so I made my way down to Dunn Brothers South for the Saturday group ride.

We had 10 riders and the group decided to head toward Spring Valley for donuts.

We went out of town on cty 1, though Simpson, Fugel's Mill, Pleasant Grove, and on into Spring Valley. Cty 1 was a bit busy for a Saturady morning and the road is really starting to show it's age in spots, but we all made it to Spring Valley safely.

After a quick stop at the donut shop and a quick nature break at Kwik Trip, we headed west out of town on a nice rolling cty road. We had a nice tailwind on this section, so the pace stayed nice and high. We crossed over hwy 63 and continued west to cty 8. From there it was north (and with a stiff east crosswind) on cty 8 to High Forest.

Shortly after High Forest, the pace picked up and the group split. I was with the slower group (of course). But we kept a nice pace all the way back into town.

I split off at Bamber Valley School and headed west to home (into a stiff headwind).

I finished with 72 miles and very tired legs.

Back on dry land...

Just got back from a week-long cruise vacation.

So the miles have been mostly treading water.

I did sit on an indoor bike a couple of times, but the pool-side chairs and cold Corona kept calling me back.

Now that my sea legs are gone, it's time to get back on the bike.

It looks like this week, the temps will start to cooperate as well.