Sunday, March 29, 2009

Rain!!!!!!!



Rain....All weekend on and off , mostly mist with some heavy showers. Woke up Saturday morning ready to ride only to see it dark cold and rainy.Needless to say back in bed I went only to find out later the rain cleared and few group rides went off with no hitches.

Sunday felt like Deja vu , misty with scattered showers only today I was determined to ride.The flurry of E-mails to figure whos going to ride started around 8:45AM , by 9:45 we had decided to meet at the Eco center.Only 3 brave souls including myself decided to ride (me, J-Lew and RonG)

We headed out around 11:00AM.Ron had a loop we could do with a bail out if needed.The weather co-operated for the most part.We never got any heavy rain just non stop mist.The pace was easy for the mst part with the exception of J-lew forcing Ron and I to do intervals any time he saw something that resembled the slighest incline.My GPS crapped out so I have no idea what we averaged but it didnt seem to fast maybe 18 or so.Towards the end of the ride the wind picked up a bit more but we were spinning easy the 5 miles so it wasnt to bad.For a dreary nasty day the ride turned out to be pretty fun im glad we all made it.

K

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Manorville spin


Second ride of the season, 10:00 ride out of Manorville. I woke up at 8:00 had a protein shake some coffe and a lite breakfast on the way to the ride. The temps were in the low 60s with plenty of sun.A perfect day for a ride.


The ride was 2 laps around Manorville. Lap 1 consisted of about 15 riders and we managed to get some decent pacelines going despite the poor road conditions from the melting snow.


The second lap only 5 of us were left , everyone else either peeled off to ride back home or bailed at the parking lot.We decided on a nice easy spin and escorted J-Lew half way home until he also peeled off. I ended up with around 52ish miles , the legs are slowly coming back.

Audio breaks up a bit at the end from the crosswind...sorry :(

Sunday, March 1, 2009

St.Pattys Day Parade

Just hanging out with friends.


First Ride of 09



Well the road bike had been collecting dust for about 4 months , my new hobby rock climbing has been taking up most of my free time. I finnaly managed to get my lazy ass out of bed a make a club ride.

The weather was windy and cold , it was tough to get warmed up and even tougher to stay motivated when taking pulls into the bitter cold wind.After about 10 miles I was warm and the legs started to loosen up a bit.I felt good for the entire ride , since this was my first ride in a while I didnt push it. I stayed at a good HR zone and did my own ride.

Towards the end of the ride we hit a small section of hills where I lost contact group. usually I would be right in the front or middle when tackling this climb I have done so many times before.Its amazing what a few months of no training can do to your fitness and speed.

All in all in was a great ride with riding buddies I havent seen for awhile.Spring is coming quick and my goals for this year is to get back into the form I had in 07 and complete a double century.

It snowed this morning so the training rides are canceled.My wife and I are going to watch the St.Pattys day parade in East Islip with some friends.Hopefully if im not drunk I waill post some pic from the parade.

KrisF