Wow, on the bike again

Between out of town meetings and FC 508 prepartations I haven't had much time to ride lately. Today I managed to get out on Salem Bicycle Club's "Peach of a Century".
The Peach is always a fast ride, seems that everyone has had all summer to get in bike shape and anxious to show off their fitness level one last time before the fall rains set in. Today was no exception. The only difference this time around was that I was one of the speedier riders. I was passed by 3 riders while on the road but passed hundreds. Others passed while I was chatting with friends at the rest stops, but when on the road I was pretty strong today. We rode into a pretty stiff headwind for much of the ride. It slowed me down a bit, but not as much as the others. Looks like my mega mile training has payed off. Now if it's just enough to carry me 509.58 miles through the Mojave Desert and Death Valley!

Back to the Peach! It was a nice ride, well supported. It was great weather, not too hot, not too cold, beautiful blue sky after a few morning clouds burned off. We rode across one covered bridge, and rode within view of a second before taking a turn before crossing it. The Stayton rest stop was actually ON the third covered bridge of the day.

Here's the first bridge:


I had a 17.5 mph average for the 104 miles, not bad considering the hills and headwinds on the middle half of today's ride.

Our route is HERE

After the ride we are treated to a slice of peach pie. Very yummy! I was lucky enough to enjoy the company of Elise and Joanne, Oregon Randonneur friends, while eating mine. Just as I'm feeling pretty good about finally riding more miles than Cecil Anne along comes Joanne........who's logged over 9100 miles so far this year.

With any luck I will gain on her a bit next weekend..... but holy smokes, what does a guy have to do to stay ahead of these women? !!!!!!

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...............Road Bike.....LifeCycle.....Total Miles
Today...........104...............0................104
Jan total.......501.....+.........30.......=.......531
Feb total.......614.....+.........0........=.......614
March total.....860.....+.........0........=.......860
April total.....790.....+.........0........=.......790
May total.......901.....+.........0........=.......901
June total......543.....+.........0........=.......543
July total.....1322.....+.........0........=......1322
August total...1603.....+.........0........=......1603
Sept total.....1395.....+.........0........=......1395
Year to date...8578.....+.........30.......=......8608
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