It started Friday, 2 hours of spin class at Healthy Dans. Followed up on Saturday with a 48 mile ride. I would have made it an even 50 but I was running late for dinner, and guests were waiting.
It was a nice ride. The sun stayed out for most of it, but the clouds rolled in by evening and blocked from what I heard a very huge moon.
In typical fashion, I point myself into the wind to start. This got me as far south as High Forest. Turning East I made it quickly to Stewartville and kept heading East until I hit county road 20 and turned North. This part of 20 is very fast, with only one small climb. I haven't moved that fast in a long time. It felt great. Turned right on county 16 and at Simpson turned North on county 1 and trucked it back to Rochester. This too, is a very fast road. While I was on this side of Rochester, I decide to check out Eastwood. There is still a lot of snow in the wooded areas. It's going to be a while before any single track action is happening there.
At this point I looked at my watch and noticed I was going to be late for dinner at Jim and Carla's, so I moved as quick as I could in their direction. The bad thing about biking to Jim and Carla's is the climb up Northern Heights road. That was a nice way to finish a ride. As I got to their driveway I noticed all the other cars and then looked at my Garmin... 48 miles...ugh, I hate being that close to 50 and not doing it.
But, everybody was there but yours truly. So that's where it ended.
On Sunday, Uma and I did a 4 hour spin class at the Healthy Dan...it started at 7 am and ended at 11 am.
The 7 am start was tough, and the last hour was one of the longest hours in my life. Bored silly.
Looks like today's group ride will be slightly warmer than last weeks. I'm looking forward to riding some with Scott before hand. Today I may get the 50 miler in.
Ride on
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