Long Weekend

So on Friday I was feeling in need of an easy recovery ride, and since I was off from work I decided to tag along with a 9 am Tulane ride.  This turned out to be a nice ride except for the fact that it was at times faster than I would have liked.  The whole time I was hoping for a coffee shop stop. 

We rode down Elysian Fields to the French Quarter with the idea of getting coffee and beignets at Cafe' du Monde, but when we got there, there was a line halfway down the block, so we decided to try some place on Magazine Street which turned out to be pretty much of a bust with a long wait for lukewarm coffee.


I was expecting the Saturday Giro to have a good turnout and wasn't disappointed.  Once we hit Hayne Blvd. the guys at the front put the hammer down and didn't let up the rest of the ride.  That meant a couple of 5-mile stretches at 30 mph average speeds and a max speed of 39.  I wasn't feeling too sharp and never really saw the front, but it was a pretty good workout anyway. 

We all stopped at the ghost bike that is now on Chef Highway where the triathlete was killed and met up with the earlier 6:45 am riders, but once we started back things got really fast.  Fortunately we still had a fair number of riders despite losing half the group along the way.  Legs were pretty tired the rest of the day.

So Easter Sunday I did another Giro Ride with a slightly smaller group.  Things started out at a pretty easy pace, and although there were a few fast sections, it was a relatively civilized ride. The whole group actually stopped at a couple of red lights.  I think I'll try and take it easy on Monday.