Well the first long weekend of the summer has arrived...for us, Canadians, that is. It's the weekend that everyone is outdoors getting gardens ready, camping, going to the cottage, etc. etc. It's the weekend that everyone hopes the weather is great but this weekend it doesn't look like it will be unless the weather man is wrong. Tomorrow and Sunday we will see lots of rain and high winds where we live. I had hoped to go out on Saturday with a fellow seatosea cyclist but it doesn't look like it will happen. I will have to go to a Spin Class at the Y first thing in the morning. Rita came again this week and we did cycle on Wednesday and Thursday and did some challenging hills in the Waterdown area. The hills are getting easier but I haven't mastered them all yet....it's coming though. Soaking in the hot tub afterwards was our just reward for all the hard work we did. I did get 150 km on my bike this week...also did a spin class earlier in the week - would like to know how many kms you ride in one of those classes - the legs never stop pedaling and you put as much tension on the wheel as you can so it is still an excellent workout.
My husband, Joe, is out with 6 other men cycling in the Finger Lakes area for 5 days. He called me last evening and said how tough it was there - they did 80 km after driving there first from the Hamilton area. There was one hill there that only 2 of the cyclists mastered. He wasn't one of them.....it's good training for 2 of the seatosea cyclists who are there with him. I missed his call tonight - he left a message saying they had a miserable, cold, rainy day today and cycled 110 km. They are staying in B&B's/motels but are carrying all their other stuff with them for the 5 days - they are doing a loop with their vehicles parked in Canandaigua.
Keep up the training, stay well, get lots of rest, stay safe, but most of all thank God that He gives us the strength to be able to do this...and He also gives us the beautiful creation that we can enjoy at this time of the year - the smells of the flowers and cut grass lets you know that spring is here and summer is coming real soon. Rita and I did complain a bit about all the black flies and mosquitos that found us as soon as we got off our bikes at the stop signs. As long as we kept going they didn't bother us..we had to keep our mouths shut or we would swallow them, which can be hard for us....
For those starting in Seattle, it's only 6 more weeks!!
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