Well, I'm back. What I'd like to share with you are my experiences in preparing for and riding 120 mile bike ride in one day on August 25 in Whitefish, Montana. This is a fund raiser for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
So far I have rode over 650 miles in preparation. I ride on Tuesdays, Thursdays and weekend, weather permitting. So far I have ridden in 40 degree, windy and cold weather; 50 mile wind gusts; 85 degree, high humidity days. My long ride has been 55 miles. These are road miles not bike trail miles.
I never realized how much there is to learn. As a kid you jump on a bike and away you go. Now you have bikes you can lift with two fingers and many gears. I have fallen twice while learning to use the clipless pedals. Why do they call them "clipless" when they have clips?!!
The sensory sensations while riding through the Dane County countryside are something else. As it is common to ride similar routes, it is almost spiritual to watch the changing trees and fields from week to week.
Tonight my daughter and I hope to ride with others who will be doing the Whitefish ride. Short ride of 25 miles to Paoli and back. Then will probably do another 12 miles around here.
More to come.
