Catching Up

On Saturday I headed out for my last longish ride before Louisville. I headed up 30 past Bloomington and went up to David Drive. I felt like seeing some roads less travelled and I’d never been across Davis from there. I went over to the 2nd and headed up to Zephyr. There was a nice tail wind to I was able to cook along pretty well at about 34/35kph. I knew if I wanted to average 30kph for the ride, I’d have to go out as fast as I could and hope the average would hold up on the way back. From Zephyr I headed over to Udora and yes I took the hard road. On Zephyr Road over toward Udora there are 3 tough hills, but I figured, hey Louisville is hills, so get on with it. Went up to Udora, refueled and headed a bit more north to add a few more km and then turned around and headed for home. I decided to give myself a break and take Ravenshoe Road back to Zephyr instead of retracing my steps and climbing those hills again. Once I turned south toward Zephyr I got a taste of what the ride home could be like. The ride home was a “character builder”. Battling that wind (with the H3’s) and the hills on the 2nd were more than enough to provide a good workout.

When I arrived back home Nick had just been there so I called him and we headed out for a run together. He wanted to get in 15k and I was looking for about the same. He headed out across 16th and then up 10th to Elgin Mills and back. It was great to run with him and it made the time pass much quicker. All we needed was a water station out there, unfortunately there is no place to fuel up unless you run all the way to Stouffville and we weren’t going that far!

We parted company at 16th and 9th and I ran the rest of the way back across 16th. On the way, I was so hot, tired and thirsty all I could think about was stopping at the corner store. As I neared the store it hit me, I need a giant freezie. I stopped and got one and walked the rest of the way home. That syrupy sweet, frozen grape sugar water felt like the best thing I’ve ever eaten. Those things would be perfect for Louisville!

On the schedule tonight, a swim with the tri club and tomorrow, a run during the day and then back out on the roads with Nick and maybe Justin if he’s finished his exams. Last week Nick almost did me in on our ride on Thursday, the man rode like he was possessed. Holy smokes, good thing for the traffic lights on Bloomington or I don’t think I would have seen him until we were back on 16th. I think we averaged 32kph for the 55k ride!