The Daughter hit the road this morning at 6:15, leaving me lots of time to make the Saturday Giro Ride. It was warm and humid and as I rode around in little circles at the lakefront waiting for the group to get started I was already feeling hot. Perhaps I've finally started to acclimate to the summer because I had good legs today. As we rolled down Lakeshore Drive on the way out a few of us got separated from the group. As it turned out, someone had a flat and the group waited for him to fix it. When we saw that the group had disappeared, we waited around on Hayne until they showed up.
There was a pretty big group on the Giro ride, despite missing a few who were out riding the Tour de La course. Once we got going on Chef Highway, the pace ramped up to 30 and pretty much stayed there the rest of the way out. As we neared the turnaround it surged again and when Brandon jumped, I latched onto his wheel and got a nice ride to the "finish." I suppose there were a few people out there today who were feeling energetic, because the pace stayed fairly high most of the way back. After we made the turn onto Hayne Blvd., a little group slipped off the front and three of us went after it. We chased at 27-29 mph all the way to the base of the Casino bridge, and then of course had to sprint to the top. It was a good workout, and when I got home I spent a couple of hours emptying the fridge.
Guess who ended up in a photo on Velonews.com as the subject of one of the honorable mentions in their photo contest? Check it out. It's titled "Ghost Riders."
http://velonews.com/galleries/Contest4b/Ghost%20Riders%20-%20by%20Michelle.html
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