Friday Ride

I was invited to join some nice ladies on a ride today.  The plan was to ride to Longview but Mother Nature had different ideas. 

We met at noon at 22X and 22.... it was getting cloudy and windy but we thought it might just blow over.... so off we went.

One of the ladies needed to be back by 3 to get home for her kids so we decided to head out and see how far we could get before we needed to turn back.

It was really windy on the way out and I had to fight every hill, well I had to fight pretty much the whole way....it really became clear how weak I really am on the bike.  The wind continued to pick up the longer we rode, by the time we made it to Turner Valley we were all tired.  The black clouds were a little scary as well.  It was agreed to that we would turn around at this point, I was praying we would have missed the storm that maybe by some gift from god it would miss us.  No such luck!!!

At first the wind picked up even more, then it started raining, then hail(oh joy).  I must say that hail usually hurts but when your doing 20-30 km an hour it really stings...lol  the storm lasted about 15km....fun, fun, fun!
it stoped raining and the sun actually came out by the end.  I was so wet and dirty but soooo happy that I finished nice and strong!   57km in 2 hours and 15 mins.  average pace of 24.6km/hour

It was a good and bad ride but I proved to myself that I can do it.  I just need to push myself to get stonger.  Lots and lots of seat time, if I do not find some consistent speed and endurance I will not make it!