Lately

Missed out on a great riding opportunity with Silver and few others out of Cannon Falls, but Ben was in town and I desperately needed to see him.  What a great little guy, we had fun all day long.

We went to John Hardy's for Justin's birthday and when Ben, Mommy, and Daddy got up to leave, Ben looked at me and started to cry.  I guess he didn't want to go yet.  So, I got up and rode home with him in their car.  He was much happier.

By the time they headed for Mankato, Ben was pretty tired so I think he was ready for a nice nap in the car.  Bill said they ran into a lot of rain by Owatonna, but it didn't last too long.

Anyway, I've gotten in a couple of 25 mile rides and a few indoor rides.

Yardwork prevented me from getting out with the group on Monday.  I really would like to make the Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday rides this year.  So far only a couple of Mondays have worked out.  But there is a lot of summer riding left.

I feel good and the Arizona miles really helped me get in shape and the two week cruise helped my tan. 

5/14/2013

Saturday I went up to Lakeville and helped with the first installment of the Farm Dog TT with the Silver guys.  First round was windy and cold, the second round was windy, cold, and snowy.  Kudos for everyone that rode (and worked).

Sunday, Kathy, Marie, and I went up to the Mall of America for a Cancer Walk/Run.  The run was outdoors and we saw a lot of people as we made our way into the Mall.  They say they get around 50,000 runners for the event.  Not as many walkers, but it was warm and no so windy indoors.  Afterward we went for some lunch, then home to go visit the mothers on Mother's Day.

Yesterday, I made it to the Bamber Valley School again to ride with the Monday group.  The faster group split almost immediately from the rest of the riders as we left the school and I was back a bit, so I had to play catch up.

We headed east and south out of town to Simpson, then west and south to Stewartville.  We continued west through High Forrest until we got to cty 3, then north to Rock Dell and on into Salem Corners.  And finally, east to Rochester.

I started to feel some cramping in my ham strings as we hit the final climbs back into Rochester, so I backed off and spun a bit until they felt better.  I felt pretty good all the way home and I'm glad I didn't need to push it.

I finished with 58 mile including my ride in and home.

I definately need more of those type of rides.

5/7/13

I rode with the Monday night group ride from Bamber Valley School.

It was the first time I've ridden with this group in several years.

They split into several groups from the get-go. 
I lucked out and got into the correct group, though.

We headed SE across town, then out past the Gun Club and on to Eyota.
Then north on 42 until we got to Viola.
From there it was west and south back to Cty 9.

I peeled off and headed for home and finished with 42 fast miles.

On Tuesday, I got out for a quick 25 miles by myself.
I needed to stretch my legs a bit after the Monday workout.