Monday June 14th, 2010

Today's ride was just a quickie after work. I am very pleased that our house is just a few pedal strokes away from the Bear Creek Trail. This is a main trail that will connect me to most any other trail I want to get to in the metro area! Today was the first nice day in a a while (we've had a lot of rain) so the path was very busy, but was still able to get in around 12.5 miles in under an hour, including a hill climb. I headed down to Bear Creek Lake Park and happened to met up with another rider (who appeared to be far more skilled than me) and wanted to cruise together for a while. Of course, this happened just before a decent climb. Now, I couldn't let it show that this was only my second ride of the season and I had to keep up with him at a good pace which was a little rough being that this was my first attempt at anything that resembled a hill this year. Not to mention he wanted to carry on a conversation while I was huffing my lungs out... but, I did it!! Good pace, good conversation and all! However, my legs are now reminding me of this lovely conversation! :)

Ride Stats:

Distance: 12.44 miles
Time: 53 minutes
Challenge: Not much of one beside first minor climb of season!

I'm trying out a few different apps on my phone to track my rides and create maps... we'll see how they work.