Best thing about this weekend was getting in two days of riding!

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Seujan invited me out for a road bike ride and I was able to keep pace with her for over 12 miles!...did I mention she was running?  Actually she invited me to keep her company on her long run.  I have not been on the road bike since just before I had the plate and screws taken out of my ankle in August so I've been feeling a bit eager and a little apprehensive about getting back on the bike and clipping in...plus my hand hurts a bit when I mountain bike and I thought it might be worse on the road bike.  Or at least these are the stories I've been telling myself. So keeping her company sounded like a great way to get back on the bike!  I decided I wanted to ride the last half of her run and then finish with a strong ride back to Marymoore from the Log boom.  I had a very nice ride to log boom, and it was great to catch up with Seujan.  She graciously offered to transport me to Marymoore; I declined thinking to myself...why not, I already ridden 15 miles...a nice ride in the car would be good. So declining the ride (like a real biker) I started for Marymoore.  The first 10 miles went well.  I was able to keep my cadence up and was cruising along.  I hit a head wind the last 5 miles, and my right calf started to complain...it was at this point I decided I had two choices.  a) I could limp back to the car or  b) I could ride through the headwind and the pain and finish strong.  I thought to myself, well if Seujan can finish a 24 mile run strong, I surly can finish a 28 mile bike ride strong; so I shifted in to a harder gear, and stood up so I could pick up some needed speed and momentum.  I finished strong and by the time I got off the bike both calves and hamstrings were talking.  It was a great ride.  It was really good to get 4 hours of saddle time.

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Julie and I rode the Preston - Snoqualmie trail from Preston to Snoqualimie and back.  It was a total of 12 miles.  As we left Preston I noticed that we were steadily descending for many miles...and I knew the ride back was going to be up hill.  The trail is mostly down hill for the first 6 miles then uphill into Snoqualmie.  So we spent a good amount of time climbing and descending.  It was an interesting ride with a nice view of Snoqualmie falls.  I'll file it away as a done that! type of ride.  It is interesting that I have no desire to ride it again...yet I ride the Snoqualmie Valley Trail, Sammamish Trail and Burke Gillman trail all the time and never tire of them...go figure.