There were 6 of us riding on Saturday. For a crummy weather report, we all felt that the ride started out with really nice weather. Or maybe we spoke too soon.
We started in Meridian and headed out towards South Boise. Before we knew it, we were out beyond the airport., and we were still going. We were enjoying our ride, when we saw other cyclists coming towards us. As they would pass, they yelled, “GO TEAM!” I wasn’t sure what to think of that because the only article of clothing that would give it away that we were with Team In Training were a pair of bike shorts. Any other TNT clothing was hidden beneath layers. Come to find out, this was the TNT Triathlon team, doing their cycling. That was fun. It was also fun to run into another cycling teammate as he had decided to do his own ride that day. They all had just come down a hill that we were about to go up. I’ve been down this hill before, and it is a lot more fun going down, but had never gone up it, and I must say the going up wasn’t bad. Of course, it makes all the difference to have a cycling buddy riding right next to you, carrying on a conversation all the way up. (Thanks, Allison!)
When we got to Ten Mile Creek, the wind started coming up a little bit, and it started raining lightly. Because this road has very little traffic, we practiced a group pace line. We were in two rows of 3 riding side by side. The person in the front of the right lane would let off on the pace as the person in the front on the left lane would pass the right lane and then do a lane change, making them the front of the right lane. As the right lane made way for the ones in the left lane, the rider in the back of the right lane would then go over to be in the back in the left lane as soon as the third rider would pass them. The left lane would pedal a little harder than the right lane so that they could get past the riders on the right. Once a rider gets to the right lane, they get a chance to rest a bit. It was really fun, almost dance-like.
As we were doing this, the rain started coming down harder, The rain turned to snow, then…hail? If it wasn’t hail, whatever it was, it stung my cheek when as it hit me. Then, as suddenly as it started, it quit. This little cloud burst got us much more muddy than the first ride in the rain. Lot’s of mud up to the top of my helmet.
We all made it back to our cars safely, loaded up and headed our separate ways.
28.33 miles, 1 hour 58 minutes. 14.5 Average Speed. 28 Max Speed. Total Miles on my bike: 1104.53
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