Great Ride

My ride this morning was great. I left the house at about 7am and rode to meet Kyrk at his house. I learned very quickly that if the sun is not out and you are going down hill it is very cold. Kyrk was waiting with a spare pair of arm warmers (yeah I know that sounds like a sissy thing to wear but you need it), Kyrk then said "How does it feel to wear tights and arm warmers?" My manliness was taking a beating and I had only ridden a mile.

From here though I was very grateful for the girly arm warmers and will be investing in a pair at first chance. Gear is expensive though and I will blog about that a different day. So we got going and I was feeling pretty good about myself in the Lindon section of the ride (Lindon, UT) and then we reached the mouth of the Provo canyon and the winds just about blew me off the bike. It was a tough, stiff head wind and it didn't really let up the whole ride. I made it to Vivian Park in pretty comfortable fashion though and enjoyed it. I was a little apprehensive about continuing up South Fork as I knew it was all climbing but I said I was ok and pushed on. It was a a reasonable climb (for someone of my skill anyway, a purist will be laughing at my last comment) but I felt better than I id when I did Suncrest (Alpine to the top of the hill above Draper.) Toward the end of the climb I was starting to worry about my ride back and how I would handle it but I was forgetting 1 thing...ADRENALINE!

When we turned to come back down the hill it was awesome, I hit 40.8 miles an hour, not the fastest I have gone but there were a lot more turns and blind corners it was awesome and it gave me what I need for the whole return ride. We made it back to the mouth of the canyon in no time and from there we had a few hills but after doing South Fork there was nothing that would really challenge me. Don't get me wrong it was still effort but it was doable.

We went 34 miles, in 2 hours and 22 minutes, average was 14.7 and max was 40.8. It was an awesome ride.