Honey Daddy and I both love cycling, and we do several longer rides each season (we are talking 100 milers!). This year we decided to try out this spring season ride in St. George where is it warm.
My parents flew to St. George and met us there because they were riding too. We had a great time! The condo we stayed at was lovely. The babysitter we had watch the boys was fabulous! The swimming pool and hot tub were tons of fun. The weather was... WINDY!
It was nice and sunny the day of our ride, but we were facing winds of over 20 mph! In case you didn't know, that makes it awfully hard to ride. There were portions of the ride where I was going downhill and should have been going around 25 mph or more. Instead I was going 15 mph and I was pedaling to maintain that!
There were wind gusts so bad that I actually saw a cyclist get blown over right in front of me. There was one point in the ride where the wind had blown sand onto the road and it was 1 to 2 inches deep at the shallow parts. It was crazy! There was red sand blowing everywhere.
Can you believe that despite the wind, I still had a pretty good ride? The scenery was absolutely gorgeous, the cyclists were friendly and I managed to complete 70 miles. I was pretty proud of myself because I saw several cyclists giving up at one point and heading back to town. My parents even managed to finish 18 miles!
Honey Daddy is the one that really rocks the house though. He did 107 miles on a pretty hilly course. Not to mention all that wind! Isn't he awesome?
Whoa!! You rock girl!
ReplyDeleteI can't even dream of doing that and kuddos to ur mom n dad!
Congratulations ans as usual love the pictures :-)
Wow, what a beautiful place to ride. :)
ReplyDeleteI am so impressed with your mad cycling skills!! 70 miles? You rock!!
ReplyDeleteWow! Cycling, eh?! So do you have one of those hot cyclist bodies?! If so I hate you, I mean I LOVE you! Kidding! I wish I could get committed to something healthful like that. I am solely committed to guacamole at the moment!
ReplyDeletewowa! your rock! Thats awesome. Must of been quite the experience! Congrats
ReplyDeleteYou are amazing! 70 miles! HOLY COW! And in wind! Both you & Honey Daddy...awesome!
ReplyDeleteHave you ever riden in races with the kiddies in trailers behind you? Just curious...
I'm looking for some padded cycling shorts. Any recommendations? Possibly something that can go from swimming to biking to running.
ReplyDeleteYou really captured the heat of the desert.
ReplyDeleteYou are amazing! With wind gusts and red sand I would have been a hot sneezy mess.
ReplyDeleteGreat picture by the way. Even if it was windy it looks divine.
I give you major kudos, I'm usually hurting after riding a lot less miles than that (granted we are using riding off trail which is a whole different ball of wax)
ReplyDeleteWOW you go girl! I love the pic of your hubby!
ReplyDeleteWOW! I'm impressed. What beautiful scenery to ride through.
ReplyDeleteGreat job - y'all are so awesome!! Love the photo of your hubs - the colors are amazing!
ReplyDeleteToo impressed to express. I would not have made the 18 your parents did. Maybe not even 8! (It has been a long time.) And with the winds I would have been less encouraged. But I think the photographer was a wimp!
ReplyDeleteWow wtg! great pic of Hubby. I can't believe the Photographer left before you got that. That's awful
ReplyDeleteNice job on battling out 70 in the wind. Congratulations to you and your husband on another great cycling day.
ReplyDeleteWhat an absolutely gorgeous view!
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