Today for our long ride we drove out to Spirit Reins Ranch in Liberty Hill, to do the "Spokes 'n Spurs" ride. The ride started at 8:30am, but we wanted to get an early start to get in some extra mileage (they only had 14mi, 28mi, 44mi and 63mi routes and we were scheduled to do 90mi today). So we were up early, made the trek up to Liberty Hill, and got started around 7:25am. The plan was to do two 44mi loops.
This was a fantastic ride. Great course, cheerful and happy volunteers, great fajita spread afterwards and live music under a shaded tent. The weather was gorgeous, a little warm by the end, but great preparation for Arizona (today's temperature in Tempe was 89F!). The hills weren't too bad, although I was definitely feeling it on the second 44mi loop. T3 had a great showing out there today - lots of blue jerseys and friends to see out on the course. I highly recommend this ride for next year.
3 comments:
90 miles... nicely done!
i guess you're out running right now too.
You make my 40 miles seems measily. :)
It was great to meet you today!! I hope your shins are okay.
Mike, yes I went out for a shitty run today. Started out great, ended up not so great!
Erin, it was great to finally meet you too! Hope you enjoyed the rest of your bike ride.
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