Yesterday was a banner day - went to a 6 am yoga class and then set up my other bike for my first ever century ride. I figure, if I can comfortably do 100 miles, I can pretty much do anything :). So I set off from my house in Bloomington, hit the Gateway Trail to Stillwater where I stopped at Nelsons Ice Cream house for the biggest and cheapest ice cream cone I've ever seen (check out the photo - and I'd already eaten 1/3 of the thing!) , then up halfway to Taylor's Falls, across to Forest Lake, down to Lino Lakes, in to Little Canada, back to the Gateway trail in St Paul, and finally home to Bloomington.
In total, I hit 104.9 miles (168.8 km). And I felt really good when I was all done! Not to mention there was someone trying to keep up with me at mile 95, but I wasn't going to have that, so I blasted off ahead and left him in the dust... That wasn't very nice! Sorry guy! Next time I'll ride with you for sure!
Once I got home and took off my socks I realized my skin wasn't actually changing color - I was just covered in a whole bunch of road grime! I guess a layer of sunscreen and sweat doesn't work the same as the dry lube on my bike chain :) ...
And today is another wonderful day of sunshine in the Land of Lakes.
Peace out!
In total, I hit 104.9 miles (168.8 km). And I felt really good when I was all done! Not to mention there was someone trying to keep up with me at mile 95, but I wasn't going to have that, so I blasted off ahead and left him in the dust... That wasn't very nice! Sorry guy! Next time I'll ride with you for sure!
Once I got home and took off my socks I realized my skin wasn't actually changing color - I was just covered in a whole bunch of road grime! I guess a layer of sunscreen and sweat doesn't work the same as the dry lube on my bike chain :) ...
And today is another wonderful day of sunshine in the Land of Lakes.
Peace out!
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