Monday, September 22, 2008

Morning Ride (Paul)

I started off with Mitch and Henrik again today.  It was cooler than yesterday, about 45F, so I had to create my warm head gear with a couple kleenexes under my helmet.  The grade was not bad but I had to drop out of the pack at about 6 miles.  They needed to keep their pace and between my head overheating and my heart over beating, I had to slow down.  Susan arrived to pick me up about half way up a long climb just as I made 10.0 miles. 

The ride was really fun.  I did my first real downhills at speeds up to 38 mph.  They were pretty short, which is good.  I think if they had been much longer I would have had to reach into my "fanny pack of fear". 

** "Fanny pack of fear" inspired by Chris Hemmings.

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