Avoid the wind & heat or embrace it?

Embrace it!

The ride to work was rocking, the ride back was murder. This afternoon's high was 96 and the winds out of the south were unreal.

I caved to peer pressure and went on the GPBC Slow & Go ride. We went south on 77 to the Sprague turn off. I had a average speed of 13.4 mph. It was tough pushing into that hot wind. Going back with the wind I averaged over 21 mph. I got home with 45.7 miles on the bike for the day.

GPBC's Slow & Go ride & work commute.

Today's work commute was great as usual. And tonight was the GPBC Slow & Go ride. The Slow & Go is a slower road ride held every Thursday at 6pm. They meet up at the bench behind Shopko on 27th & Hwy 2. I've gone before, but this is the first time this year. Dan, Diane, Ned & I took the Rock Island South to 14th & Pine Lake then went South on 14th to Hwy 77, we took it South to the Sprague turn off before turning back into a sweet tailwind and sailing back.

Between the commute and tonight's road ride I got 45.8 miles in today.

Going to give the Slow & Go another try.

I'm going to try the GPBC Slow & Go again tonight. I've recovered from the embarrassment from last time. This time I'll try to make it over a mile or two before getting dropped. Hopefully there will be some slower cyclists. DH promises to be there so even if we get smoked we can tool along at our own pace. I'm a shameless blogger, so I'll have to take a pic, but I'll be careful not to drop my phone this time.

Joy Ride Bicycles coming soon. And my Slow & Go drop.

Tonight I attempted the gptn Slow & Go ride. 5 guys beside myself were there. They were out of my league, they all had road bikes weighing probally 12 lbs. Or less. (my bike weighs 42 lbs with all my junk on it) We headed S. and I soon made the mistake of pulling my phone out of my pocket. My grip wasn't good and it snaged on my pocket. I dropped it on the ground in the weeds on the side of the trail. I stopped to find it and by the time I was ready to roll, the group was long gone. So I tooled around on the Rock Island Trail and Hwy. 2 Trail. I racked up 16.1 miles before calling it a night. I either need to find a more casual group ride or I need to step up my riding, and leave my phone in my pocket. While out tonight I swung by the soon to come Joy Ride bike shop near 14th & Old Cheeney. It's coming along well and should be open soon. Looks like it'll be a great addition to Lincoln's bike scene.