My Daughter is a Cyclist!

I wanted to make an announcement! Amelia is a cyclist! She rides every other day while her Dad runs. It is something she looks forward to, and is sad to miss. She is getting faster and faster on her mountain bike.

She is my daughter (minus the crazy competitive, adrenaline junkie part of me).

Speed Ride 7/12

About 10 miles in 39 minutes. I say "about" because I put my clock to close to my computer and for some reason it started to run... very fast! So, I'm not quite sure on time but this is what I recall as I rode up my drive way:) Humid today.

Saturday 7/9

Rode 30 in 2 hours 5 minutes.

Nice breeze. Did get hot towards the end. And gravely. One of the roads I take was under construction, for about 5 miles. And, then I went to take the "short cut" after 5 miles of bad road and was greeted by another "under construction" sign. So I went around the long way to avoid it and ended up getting in my longest ride in a long time!

Hotter than Hell

These days the song "God Blessed Texas with His Own Hand" seems like a joke. I'm thinking it was cursed by someone else...

Anyway, really struggling with motivation these days.

My ONE, yes, ONE ride last week:

Speed Ride
9.4 miles in 34 minutes
(And, I looked like I had gone swimming.)

Saturday 6/25- Hills

14.1 miles in 57.19
I repeated a steep hill on my ride 5x!

"Speed" Ride

10.4 in 39 minutes

Heat Warning

It's getting into the 100s here in Texas, and as it is above average for this early in summer, there is a heat warning out. So, I was out riding close to 8am yesterday. I think it was still close to 100 and VERY humid, and even the wind from the south felt warm. But, I did it! I really enjoyed the dry crackle of the corn and the smell, which is hard to describe..a dry smell like Fall time interspersed with chives and other growing things.

I am so grateful for our refreshing pool; without it I would just hibernate all summer in the air conditioned house!

27.79 miles in 2 hours