Friday, July 3, 2009

Sarah's First Ride Back!


Had Sarah on the Fox River Bike Path today for the first time in almost a year!!!
From Batavia to Geneva and back. Great ride, overcast sky and in the high 70s-perfect day.
Its July 3rd so the path had super heavy traffic but it was surprisingly a fast ride. GO SK!!

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Too much of a good thing

So. .yesterday, its was a beautiful day here in Chicago - almost 80 degrees and sunny. The first awesome spring day for a ride. The Moots and Stratus have good intentions to go for a medium distance ride, which turned into a very very long 38 miler. Both of us had almost nothing to eat the whole day before the ride, which translated to at mile 18 both of my legs and body was cashed in. With 20 more miles to ride and very little fuel it netted out to be one brutal ride. And my longest one of the season so far. It goes to show that some times the best intentions, weather, riding partner can turn into a brutal-brutal ride.
As Phil Ligget would say "we put money in the bank for a future ride", I just hope to cash in on this pain at a later date. More than half of ride ride with cramped quads and not enough fuel, energy, or liquid. Lesson learned.

Sunday, February 15, 2009