St Patrick's Day Ride

So Steve and I did the Fish Lake Trail Ride on Wednesday. Boy the weekday is the way to go.There was practically no one on the trail. It was a little windy and with a slight incline it made the ride out a little slow that my back tire was leaking! It was a nice ride after sitting in class all day. I have another 15 miles which puts me at 65 miles for March. Will probably do another ride this weekend depending on how organized I am as I need to finish getting ready for Japan! Can't wait to ride bikes in Japan. I am looking forward to some fun different rides back home in April!

Back in the saddle ..again

The Sunday before last was beautiful a perfect day for riding. But by Sunday my cold and the fact that I don't sleep well caught up with me, so no biking. The first of March I imagined golden days filled with miles of riding. Then the real March reared it's head and it rained and I was sick.
I am revising my goals of 40 miles a week for spring. I think if I get a 100 miles each month until June it will be this side of a miracle. I did ride this last Sunday and today for 12 and half miles and it feels wonderful. Thought I might get another 12 in tomorrow not sure but Wednesday I may do the Fish Lake Trail, a nice 15 miles . Next week I will be in Japan and hopefully get some riding in with seeing Matt and Courtney and visiting a whole new culture.
49 miles for March .....not bad.

Sunny with a nasty cold...

What a beautiful day. I had decided that I would ride to the Post Falls Dam. That was the goal of the first ride back in January. Today was warm and sunny and I have a nasty cold . Crap. So although the going was much easier than January I felt like I had ten pounds of weight on my head and 60 on my legs. Talk about the tale of two winters. I still had the picture on my phone of the dam last winter oh my gosh what a difference two winters makes there was barely a trickle over the dam. Even though I felt like crap riding is now my new therapy. It is my thinking - dreaming time. I could have stayed home and rested and read, but then I would have missed out on one of the best parts of my day. However once I got back home I thought my head might explode and it was downhill from there.
It is Sunday morning and I am determined to ride.
I have done 22 miles so far this month not great but not too bad either.

March in like a lamb

I had great plans to ride on Monday of this week but I was so pooped I drove home to dinner and a glass of wine instead. I have carefully watched the weather report and Monday and today were the nice days. Although Tuesday was not bad at all. So I picked Tuesday and Friday as days with my trainer. Today Steve came along after asking were I was going to ride. I needed to pick up a prescription at the Safeway at Liberty Lake so this was the first time we have ridden with an errand as part of the ride. We don't like riding on roads with cars very often, so we use the trails a lot which means that we don't ride the bikes for transportation which in turn is sad.
It was a lovely ride....a short 10.55 miles. It is warmer thus I did not have to wear gloves today. Oh and those nasty little bugs were out already yish! Spring is here for reals.
With some sunny days coming up I am going to ride as much as possible. My goal for spring is 40 miles a week. Once summer gets here it will go up to a hundred and hopefully by the end of the season I will have ridden new trails and had loads of fun and will feel stronger ,healthier and happy .Yea endorphins.