Well, I did my first long ride of the season today. After getting the bike out of winter storage on Monday, I rode for 30 minutes on Tuesday and 40 minutes on Wednesday.
Today, I loaded it up and rode on the Forest Preserve paths after church. Did a total of 16 miles in about 2 hours with a couple of breaks. A huge thanks to the two girls selling water at the Corner of Glenview and Harms Roads. Good luck in buying the wheelchairs for disabled athletes and I hope you can talk tomorrow!
Nearly 5 hours later and the only ill effects seem to be my butt. I am definitely saddle sore. I wonder if it will go away with more riding. I remember now that that was one of the problems with the long Saturday rides last year, I never wanted to ride on Sunday because of a sore rear end.
I didn't even bother taking the bike off the car because I have my first riding lesson tomorow night. I've never heard of these before, but I found out that there is a class on riding in a pack, and they will go over basics like cornering, drinking on the bike, etc. All things that I think will serve me well in my upcoming adventure.
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