Hot, Hot, Hot!

Yesterday was without a doubt the hottest day of the year, and to top it off, it was HUMID. Jenni went for a ride at about 8:15 AM and by 8:18, I was dripping sweat, but we weren't going to stop, and we were both felling pretty good on our bikes. We rode, and drank, and rode some more until we could fill our bottles back up (big thanks to the firehouse on Westerville Rd/Big Walnut Rd for the jug of icey cold water for the people using the bike trail to drink.)

Here is where things started to get a little strange. One of the screws came out of Jenni's shoe, so her cleat was turned. I had a tool to tighten the other screw though, so we were good to go.

We got on with our ride trying to beat the heat which really wasn't too bad while riding, because of the constant wind in your face, but that same wind made it tough to ride 3/4 of the time, because cross winds are just as hard to ride in as head winds a lot of the time. Oh well, put your head down and keep pedaling, right. This is what we did until we got to mile 41, and about as far away from the car as we got on the ride when "ping" a spoke on my back wheel snapped. This is the 4th spoke I've broken this year, and haven't ever had that problem before. I don't get it, but it's a pretty cheap fix, and I should be able to ride again by Tuesday or Wednesday. The bad thing about it, is this made my bike impossible to ride for 2 miles, let alone another 22, so we called Jenni's dad and step mom and they came and picked us up because they have a truck and could fit the bikes in the back of the car. I noticed in their truck, their thermometer said it was 90 degrees already.

On a good note, we did get a 41 mile ride in, and I was feeling awesome. I'm starting to be more confident on my bike, and know that I'll be able to do the 100 miles, because I just did 40 and didn't feel like I got a good work out in. I was tired and sweaty, but it wasn't like my legs were exhausted, and I couldn't pedal anymore. I was looking forward to the rest of the ride.

The plan now is to do 50-60 miles during this week, then a 65 mile ride on Saturday and a shorter ride, maybe 50 or so the week after that, and be ready to go for Pelotonia.

I'm still able to title these blog entries after songs, and I have a couple more in mind for the next few weeks.