Just a great ride. Not a cloud in the sky, winds were light and the Orbea rode like it was happy too.
At 8:30 I met Amy and Steve at the Cafe, and we crossed the Mississippi heading for White Bear Lake. Lots of people out, as everyone is starting to realize that Summer's end is close. By Vadnais Lake we rode by a mile or two of people walking for a breast cancer cure. They were cheering us on...good folks.
Arrived at White Bear Lake and just kept on northward toward Marine On St Croix. After enjoying the scenery of the rolling hills and farmscapes we started to prepare for Nasson Hill. The approach was tougher than we thought, but this time we had a strategy that was sure to break a record, and it worked. We went down Nasson and hit 40.7 mph...just about wore out our brake pads coming to the stop sign at Highway 95.
Steve turned off at Marine and Amy and I got up out of the valley and turned our bikes south for miles of slightly wind aided riding to Stillwater and Lake Elmo.
When we got to Stillwater we were really feeling it in our legs, and knew that we'd be paying for this effort in the next day or two, but figured what the heck. I'm already feeling the consequences of that devil-may-care attitude.
This wound up being a good late-in-the-season ride. Amy and I did this same route earlier in the year and came in with an 18.8 average speed. Today 94/19.5
2 comments:
The weather was perfect today. Kept my arm warmers on until noonish! Sounds like you had a good ride today as well. 94 miles, wow.
There was just something about today that made for great riding. I never thought an end of summer ride would be one of my favorite rides of the year. It was just that kind of day, you know?
(By the way, my word verification is "spedi")
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