Your going to get a heavy dose of me on this one. Just so you're warned.
So we set off. Off for a repeat ride of one we learned weeks before. To our surprise by mile 27 of our 45 mile ride we were tired. Tired and I was hurting. Was it that the ride weeks prior was a fluke of good legs? Or was it the fact we climbed the rose garden hill twice, because we got lost? All of that and wrapped up in my crying of my sore knee.
Sounds like a bum ride doesn't it? But really, we had some surprisingly amazing spring weather. It's a good feeling to be over dressed in early March. The best part was Kelsey and I both passing two guys going up the climb on Old Germantown Road. A funny note, one of them was wearing his yellow jersey. I was thinking about it more on Monday. I didn't think much of it at the time but wearing a yellow jersey is kind of like golfing with a guy who decided to wear his green blazer to the course. Probably should leave that business to the guys who get paid. Your not leading a race and your golfing buddy didn't win the masters. Just saying.
Anyway here are some pics. Mostly self portraits while I'm finishing the last section of the germantown climb. I tried to maintain the integrity of my "this hurts" face. You get some good views up there near skyline.
So after that good climb you get a fast bombing decent down towards the St. John's Bridge. Our friend in the yellow jersey enjoyed passing us on that section. Good thing he had yellow on! But I guess we got to trade equal moments of triumph. My knee wishes mine was on the downhill too.
We made our way through St. John's over the Broadway Bridge, and up the zoo (nearly twice) to get home to Beaverton. I wish I had a picture of the delicious pesto, provolone, tomato open faced sandwich Kelsey made. It was really tasty.
Bottom line, blogging isn't that scary. I mean, this ride could have been a bit much this early in the year and pesto makes all things really, really good.
So, there it is. I did my first blog. Blogging isn't that scary.
JM- You're funny. So glad that you've joined the world of blogging... I just hope you can do it more often than your wife. Miss you guys! Ford wants to know if he can wear a '23' jersey when he plays pick-up basketball.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, Ford has the skills to go "23" on the hardwood. While I'm at it, he can go all headbands on the tennis court too! I wasn't trying to go snobby with that one, I'm just glad I pulled off the comparison to the masters. Ha!
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