Monday, April 4, 2011

Practice Makes Perfect

We had a good practice run last night.  It was a reminder to us veterans of many things we've forgotten and a good familiarization for our rookies.  It was a nice night and things went well.  We learned a lot which will help things go smoothly in June.

Today, the winds were off-the-hook!  From the NW at 30 with gusts up to 40!  Normally, not a good day to ride, but I am determined to ride every day I can from here till June.  So, I put the aero bars on the Orbea and headed out to Seguin (with the wind).  I had a good ride with the wind at my back most of the time.  On the tailwind legs, I was averaging about 29 mph, but when I turned into the wind, I immediately dropped down to about 11 mph and had trouble keeping the bike upright.

Claire met me in Seguin and we had lunch before going home.  No way I was gonna attempt to ride home into that wind!

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