SPIN! Ride

Attended the the first SPIN! group ride sponsored by Velotek and SPIN! Pizza and had a good turn out. Hopefully it will continue throughout the summer.

More Spring Fling Pics

Spring Fling #2

It was a cold and windy morning...

I entered both Cat 5 races today and had moderate success. I finished 10th with the 35 and under crowd and 5th with the 36+ category. I'm pretty happy with that! Here's a pic:

Blah!!

I've been battling his cold all week!!! I race again at Saturday and I feel so unprepared. After a poor showing last week I am nervous. Went out today for a thoroughly unenjoyable ride while floating lung cookies all over the city. Yummy!

Tuesday ride

Got home a little early yesterday and got in about 20 miles. Temp was 43 and light NNW winds. And...I climbed the steepest hill in Wyandotte County! I don't have a % grade function on my cyclometer but it's steep! My guess is a 200+ foot elevation gain in less than a 1/4 mile. I'll have to snap a picture sometime.

New pic

Here's the promised pic of Spring Fling #1. More to follow...

Spring Fling #1

It was almost 70 degrees when my race started....the wind was also gusting up to 30 mph! I didn't do as well as I expected with a 12th place finish. I didn't earn any points but there are 5 more crits and a time trial to go in the series. Next Saturday is forecast to be sunny and 40 but will probably be more like 30 when I start. That's to my advantage since I have acclimated myself to the cold weather this winter. We'll see what happens.
I came down with a cold Sunday night so I won't be riding much this week. And the pictures I promised to post? I'm still working on it...