Somehow the guys always seemed to have time for site seeing! (photo by gravityh)
A group of us headed out to the hills today lead by adventure racer friend; gravityh. H isn't the type of rider I can normally hang with...but he was going to ride a century or something before the ride to wear himself out a bit:) in order to ride with us. I intended on picking his brain about fueling for endurance. DN, RM and the pilot came along too.
My girl KG came along for her first long ride of the season and a chance to climb some news hills too. It was great to have her along; great company and we had a lot of fun. The photo is KG at the top of Piuma in black; I am, of course, in pink. The guys...well they are resting.
Piuma was as usual absolutely beautiful, that's one long hill that is worth every pedal stroke. Schruen gave us a suprise opportunity to practice some cyclocross where the road is being rebuilt. It was a blast navigating the rocks and dirt-- felt appropriate for the week of the one day classics; our very own Paris-roubaix...mini!
The best part was cresting that rough road to see a bunch of tough motorcycle types on the other side contemplating if they could make it through or not--didn't their jaws drop to see KG and I ride over on our road bikes:) Priceless laugh.
All in all we didn't get quite as many miles as planned but ended up with 42 and 5300 ft of climbing. It's all good when you get to spend the day out on the bike.
Time to get back to the hills once or twice a week now.
RL
3 comments:
That last picture looks like my friend, Melanie from Maine - is it?? (your blog sent to me by my friend, Marc - NH to LA transplant)
HI Elizabeth,
Didn't have your email address but I thought I would respond here in the rare chance you might see it. The women in the photo is Kathy, she is not from Maine, but I am pretty sure you and I have met. I lived in Maine for a long time, had a hair salon called INGENUE in the Old Port, My maiden name was RaeLynn Zenzius. Be well. RaeLynn
Ps..Kathy is in black, I am in pink.
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