Nace/Lithia (again) =)

YAY ME!!! Despite my Garmin's efforts to not measure my ride distance today, I'm estimating the ride was 54.2 miles. That would make this my longest road ride ever. Too bad, I can't "document" it with the Garmin, but the idiot thing wouldn't stay on. Even now after a hard reset, tapping the back of it causes it to shut right down. Oh well. It's at least 3 years old and has probably taken a good beating considering I take it mountain biking in all sorts of weather and have used it on the road quite a bit. I think it's really goofed up too as today's ride data only contains the part of the ride from my house to Hotel Roanoke where I met Paula, yet the map and profile shows 32 miles of the ride. Weird.

Riding with other people sure helped the time pass by, but I surely couldn't keep up at times and felt bad about that. I tried to do my best and pull on occassion, but I'm truly clueless about how to ride in a group. I also haven't mastered the art of riding right behind someone. I thought I was going to take P out as we descended Nace Road, luckily I just swung around her without plastering my friend. Then on Rt 11 nearing the congested area, I just about ran off the side of the road. I kept it right on the edge as I leaned left to gradually bring the bike over. YIKES! Hope no one saw that. Of course, we had had blast before that in our paceline of three (we had met up with Warren on Lithia Rd)! ZOOOM. Would love to know our pace on that section, but of course Garmin is all jacked up.

I am tired tonight. My legs were trash when I got home. We didn't stop much today, so my quads were like WTF are you doing? Anyway, they feel better now. I see a metric century in my future. Yup, that's 100km or 62.137 miles. That would be great. After that I'm aiming for 75 miles then you got it a CENTURY!!! Hopefully I get to ride some at the beach next week, then I really want to get some MTB time in when I get home. I've already said, I'm ready to ride at night to get it done!

Today's Route: Home, Valley View, Lick Run Greenway, Wells Ave, Plantation Road, Hollins Road, Sanderson, Read Mountain Road, Rt 11, Nace, Lithia AND BACK.

Let's see this week I have the Tuesday Chicky Ride, Wednesday and Thursday at the gym then leaving for the beach after work on Friday. After that, it's vacation time, so we'll see how much fitness I get in next week. =)