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RACMOD ride today
It was Ride Around Cougar Mountain in One Day -- OK, it was only a half-day,
four hours, really, for the 50 mile loop. I rode with Jack and Jack, two guys in their sixties. I really like riding with men of this age group. Unlike men around my age, they have nothing to prove; at the same time, since they're retired, they've got nothing to do all day but ride, and they're in excellent shape and great cyclists. Since with my new job I get Wednesdays off, while heretofore I've just being doing housework (ugh) on my day off, today I decided to totally goof off and do a reasonable ride. The first 15 miles I did by myself, and then I met up with Jack and Jack down at Coulon Park in Renton. We took it out the Cedar River trail. I did this section with my daughter last summer, when the trail was lush and green. It was not quite as scenic with the trees barely budded, but it was still nice. Then we took it up by Lake Francis, and did some hills, and then came out by Hobart. These guys are a little nuts -- I would have just coasted down the Issaquah-Hobart Road, but no, they wanted to take Tiger Mountain Road instead. So I did that climb with Jack, who gallantly rode with me, while the other Jack sprinted ahead to the top. On the long winding descent down, it started to sprinkle, and then rain in earnest. We stopped for lunch in Issaquah, and when we were through, it was still raining. Just a bit out of Issaquah, Jack and Jack decided that they wanted to do Zoo Road, a notorious local climb. Me, I decided I better get home and greet the kids as they got home from school. So I waved good-bye to the two of them. A few miles later we had a sparkling sun break. By this point I'd done the last steep climb of the day and was on my commuter route home. Sun breaks often come with a stiff wind, typically from the south, but I had no problem with that as it was north, north, north back to house. My daughter was already home, and she very kindly opened the garage door for me so I could just sail right in. Great ride. But now I still have all that housework! -- Warm Regards, Claire Petersky http://www.bicyclemeditations.org/ Sponsor me for the Big Climb! See: www.active.com/donate/cpetersky06 See the books I've set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky |
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