Today’s Ride ~ 8-22-09

photo credit: Caitlin House

I was a bit sore today after 2 of my longest rides in a row. I was thinking I’d just blow it off today, but that damn bike. It just sits there ~ calling to me ~ come on Jackie, just a couple miles, come on PULEEEEEZE.

And today was one of those quintessentially perfect Kansas days. Sunny, light breeze, high 70s at the time of my ride and no humidity ~ which you *have* to take advantage of!

So I put my riding clothes on and put the bike on the back of the car and drove to the end of the road. My hubby drove down to Oklahoma City last night and picked up a nice little Giant for himself ~ there were leftover PRINGLES in my car when I got in ~ well I think it would have taken a will of steel ~ which I do not have, to pass up a couple Pringles.

Got on the bike and thought “Phew, I think we’ll only go a couple miles today.” I was pretty stiff and a little sore. My poor muscles just aren’t used to being used lol.

After a couple miles the kinks wore out and I was feeling good. For some reason my computer was acting up and I just decided to ride slow and easy and just do whatever felt good.

I was 7 miles from home when I started to feel a little tired and decided to head back. My mp3 player pooped out on me just as I was turning around to come home, which was a real bummer. I was listening to Alanis Morissette, that I only found by digging through a huge bucket of CDs, and I was really enjoying it. So the trip home was spent listening to the music of the country ~ which has a bit slower cadence than many of Alanis’ songs, thus a bit slower trip back.

All in all I had no real trouble this ride, took the hills slow and easy and was able to do them without really losing my breath (for the most part), landed back at my car 14 miles later.

The Pringles were even better on the way home.

Cooled down a little bit and then had a bowl of cottage cheese with blueberries ~ I guess I missed the french toast with homemade syrup while I was out ~ all the better. No since wasting the whole bike ride on one breakfast.