Saturday, December 28, 2019

FINALLY! 40 Miles on SART

40 miles today at 16.1 MPH average. Wow, tough ride but I went for it. Hadn't been on the bike in over 5 weeks so I was worried about the 40. But hey, let's do it!

Solo ride so I felt every little headwind, breeze, and gust ha ha! At the start it looked pretty chilly but the sun was out so I figured it would be good. Saw quite a few riders with jackets and tights but I went as is. Not too bad!

But the headwind was a bigger factor for me today. I didn't think I would do real good as far as average having time off but I figured I could complete the 40. I did and to my surprise, I felt pretty good as far as breathing. I had a sore throat last week, a head cold for a day but then it cleared up nicely. Now poor Gina, she's been pretty sick the last week. She had to work today too. :-(

My breathing good, slower speeds but I actually passed a few riders so again, hey that's good! I started to figure more than just me were feeling the breeze, or cold, whatever it was.

On the return, I left a few seconds after a small group. They pulled away pretty fast but then I caught back up at Moon Park so I figure they felt the chill too. But as soon as I hit that little climb, my quads started pulling, or cramping. Oh ouch! They were taking turns back and forth cramping. At one point my leg just went straight out for about 30 seconds.

BUT! I wondered what would happen if I just kept pedaling and trying to ignore the cramps. I was actually surprised that I could. Kept a decent pace and ended up with a 16.1. I'm good with that, if it had been 16.0 I would have been happy after feeling the head wind by Imperial.

I did use the cream my daughter gave me for Christmas, DZNuts, good stuff imo! She also bought me a few t shirts, a nut sack that hangs on the back of the bike ha ha! It's actually a light, 3 modes, flashing too so I guess it would work at night. Pretty cool thing but I think my daughter got a kick out of it. Her hubby David also rides so they know the cool stuff. Anyway, happy with the cream. It actually stayed together better than the Paceline chamois cream I have been using. Hmm!





After 30 miles, my ball sack was still clean ha ha!







Just some Christmas pics. 




The view from my daughter's house in Ridgecrest.





A couple of pics from the front yard of the crescent moon. Happened to get a plane flying by at about 6 seconds shutter speed. :-P