28 days to Safari 19 days to ATW. Bev and I had a great ride this morning. It was a perfect riding morning. No wind to speak of. The temp was just right when we launched. Traffic was ok. We toured down by Cedar Creek and got to see lots of pastureland greening up with lots of Dogwood, Redbud, and flowers. We cruised today averaging 15.4 for 30 miles. That is an improvement of 2 mph over our usual averages. I think we are gaining on where we left off back in the Fall. Those months of Winter inactivity had slowed us down. February especially since we hardly got a chance to ride during that month.
The club folks rode today but I don't know where they went. If they did the 40 to 50 miles they planned on, I bet they rode out to Bull Gap and over through Hollins and Stewartville and on home via Coaling Road. That makes for a nice ride but Bev isn't ready for 40 to 50 miles. Actually she was a little tired since we had been riding every day this week. She had a day off Wednesday since she was working but that should have added up to a good week of riding with some strength benefits.
Mike called this morning. He and Mitzi have been doing some 50+ mile rides. She is having a good bit of discomfort in her seat after about 30 miles. That seems perfectly natural to me. I still have some discomfort from mine. It just takes time to get it desensitized to the pressure. She should be very strong and quite capable on the Safari. If she is doing the speeds Mike suggests, she might ride along with Bev and I so Mike can blast off.
The club folks rode today but I don't know where they went. If they did the 40 to 50 miles they planned on, I bet they rode out to Bull Gap and over through Hollins and Stewartville and on home via Coaling Road. That makes for a nice ride but Bev isn't ready for 40 to 50 miles. Actually she was a little tired since we had been riding every day this week. She had a day off Wednesday since she was working but that should have added up to a good week of riding with some strength benefits.
Mike called this morning. He and Mitzi have been doing some 50+ mile rides. She is having a good bit of discomfort in her seat after about 30 miles. That seems perfectly natural to me. I still have some discomfort from mine. It just takes time to get it desensitized to the pressure. She should be very strong and quite capable on the Safari. If she is doing the speeds Mike suggests, she might ride along with Bev and I so Mike can blast off.