Today I participated in a bike rally for the second time. I rode 30miles for the first time. I have been mostly riding roughly 20miles at a stretch and am comfortable with that distance. Texas is starting to get hot very fast. I had been mentally preparing myself for the ride, to be out in the sun for three hours and I got a pleasant surprise today. Today morning, I wake up and find my meetup group backing out from the ride since thunderstorms were predicted for the whole day. When I checked the weather, it seemed that the rain won't start till 12noon. I had already paid for the ride, so I didn't want to miss it. So, I got ready and checked the weather again. Rain got postponed much later and there was thick cloud cover for the whole ride!!!
Started the ride on a positive note, there was a pleasant breeze and no heat from sun. About 2 miles into the ride, I saw a vast sunflower field. It was breathtakingly beautiful. Right then, I felt, that nature has a way of granting your wishes when you least expect it. It was beautiful.
The flower was as big as a person's face. The plants were standing up with their face down. I felt like walking up to them to ask "What's wrong". I didn't ask since we didn't want the same thing :-)
The ride was tough. For the first 12 miles, we had to ride on old state highway. The ride was so bumpy that I regretted riding it on my hybrid. There is no shock absorption. To add to that, the course was an endless array of hills. Some of the hills were long and high. Once I stared up at the elevation climb and pushed myself to finish it. When I came out down that hill, another hill stared back at me. I apologized, huffed and puffed through the rest of the hills without staring.
Occasionally, someone will catchup to me and say encouraging things like, "The high hills are over in the first part, there are only small hills towards the end". I should have been suspiciously. The guy who said this, immediately pushed off to find his cousin. Liars! Met another liar at mile 25. He told me that this is the last hill. I gave him the stink eyes at mile 26 on top of a bigger hill.
It was also hard since this is the first time I am attempting 30miles. I am glad that I never got of the saddle, just kept pushing and I reached the finish line. Checkout today's workout stats here. I am so grateful that the sun was hiding today. I plan to do another 25-30miles tomorrow morning. Thanks for your support!
Started the ride on a positive note, there was a pleasant breeze and no heat from sun. About 2 miles into the ride, I saw a vast sunflower field. It was breathtakingly beautiful. Right then, I felt, that nature has a way of granting your wishes when you least expect it. It was beautiful.
The flower was as big as a person's face. The plants were standing up with their face down. I felt like walking up to them to ask "What's wrong". I didn't ask since we didn't want the same thing :-)
The ride was tough. For the first 12 miles, we had to ride on old state highway. The ride was so bumpy that I regretted riding it on my hybrid. There is no shock absorption. To add to that, the course was an endless array of hills. Some of the hills were long and high. Once I stared up at the elevation climb and pushed myself to finish it. When I came out down that hill, another hill stared back at me. I apologized, huffed and puffed through the rest of the hills without staring.
Occasionally, someone will catchup to me and say encouraging things like, "The high hills are over in the first part, there are only small hills towards the end". I should have been suspiciously. The guy who said this, immediately pushed off to find his cousin. Liars! Met another liar at mile 25. He told me that this is the last hill. I gave him the stink eyes at mile 26 on top of a bigger hill.
It was also hard since this is the first time I am attempting 30miles. I am glad that I never got of the saddle, just kept pushing and I reached the finish line. Checkout today's workout stats here. I am so grateful that the sun was hiding today. I plan to do another 25-30miles tomorrow morning. Thanks for your support!
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