Group Rides

So Friday I took my first group ride with Meetup.com members... I was looking to make 'biking' friends and get more adventurous/change my rides up a bit... I have to say it was pretty cool! And everyone was nice :) We rode 10 miles at Eagle Creek State Park in just over an hour, a pretty easy pace... which was good because I was just getting back into the swing of things after my bout with pneumonia.

This was my first non-trail ride too.. It took a little bit to get accustomed to riding in a group: learning the new edicts of verbal and hand motions, where to physically be in the group, who knew each other and such.. I wasn't mentally prepared to see such big hills (I'm sure the hills were actually small, but looked giagantic from a bike's perspective). Since I'd only ridden on trails, hills were something new to me.. But like any other challenge, the task (or hills in this case) can seem somewhat daunting. But once I rode up them I got a great sense of accomplishment!!


I took Saturday off to help my wife with some outdoor stuff.. Scraping paint off the front porch gave me a workout... Sunday was rainy, so I stayed inside and a made curtains (something I'd been waiting to check off my 'to-do' list for 6 months!)..

Since I haven't ridden very much in the past week, I'm starting to feel like a sack of potatoes.. The weather has a great forecast for the beginning of the week, so I'm looking forward to getting back into the saddle!