What a lovely afternoon ride!! I rode from my house to the B&O trail and back. I admit, it was an abbreviated 25 mile B&O ride ... hey, I had to make sure my legs had enough juice to get home!
This is PERFECT weather!! I absolutely love it. The wind was blowing harder than I realized ... so parts of the ride were more intense ... I was going for a low key sort of ride today.
It was great fun and I passed by these 2 little girls who have a lemonade stand. They are trying to raise money to help the animals affected by the Gulf oil spill. How freakin sweet. I went back after I cleaned up and wrote a story on them -- pictures, video and all! I hope to have the story published in the Flyer and the Indy Star. (I'll keep you posted on that!) Also ... if you are near Tilden and Jefferson Streets in Brownsburg, help the girls out!
I was on my bike by 7:15am Saturday, a nice relaxing 6 mile ride to the Major Taylor Velodrome; not much traffic and a good hill up 30th St. to get the legs moving. Met up with Tony, Kevin G & Mark and heard that Dan was on his way. As soon as they said start, Tony was off, never saw him again. There was a guy with two dogs in a carrier attached to the back of his bike and the dogs were making all kinds of noise. Thank goodness we were able to ride faster than him and soon left him and the dogs in our dust. We wound our way northeast, to some roads we had ridden before, including 79th St. over 465. We had hooked up with a few other folks which was nice, especially when we hit the hills, including Fishback (remember that one Heather). Back on Lafayette we had to stop to help a gentleman who had fallen at the stoplight. Lots of scrapes but nothing too bad and having stopped for the accident, Dan was able to catch up with us. We headed to Zionsville and the first rest stop. Mark had met two guys who came from Minnesota for the Nite Ride. They were staying at the Gateway hotel on 38th St. (a bit sketchy). Then we headed further west and north to the exciting village of Whitestown, then turned back east and a little further north. Our next stop was at 126th & Towne road. The wind had picked up and was coming from the south (of course it was because we were heading south). Fortunately there were a few turns east for a break from the wind. Dan left us at 64th St., Mark got a ahead of us in a group, but Kevin & I weren't too far behind and completed the 52 miles before noon. I then made my way back downtown, a bit more traffic this time, but I got to test out a bit of the new Cultural Trail, which had no traffic on it. Thanks for the ride guys!
Alex
I was unable to make it to Southwestway or Nebo this week, but I did find a trainer on craigslist for those days when my crazy family schedule or weather woes keep me from the road. Still, road miles are ever so much better. So, this morning I sneaked away at daybreak for a nice solo ride to Lebanon and back. It was gorgeous, the stifling heat hadn't made its appearance yet. Just the right temperature, birds singing, blue skies. I'm experimenting with some new routes, getting tired of the same old thing. It's fun to see some different sights. :)
What a beautiful night for a ride. Not a rain drop fell, although there was plenty of water in the river, in fact potentially too much - looked like Brooklyn was bracing for a flooding river. We missed you Kevin G., next time trust the radar.
I'm sorry, I know it's kind of unsightly, but I'm so darn proud of myself -- I just can't keep from telling every single person (including 2 strangers at Target) that I won an EMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, that's right. It's the same trophy actors and actresses win ... except mine was for journalism. During my time at WISH-TV I won an Emmy for best breaking news. I just found out Saturday! YAY ME :)
Heather beat me to the blog (figures...lol), but I wanted to tell you about something fun that happened last week. :) I met the fabulous Jill Deak because her son Isaac is a youth ambassador too, and she does all sorts of amazing volunteer work with the JDRF walk and gala. We've run into each other in various JDRF situations. When she found out I was branching out from being 'mother of youth ambassador' to 'JDRF rider', she offered to do a fundraiser for me. Jill also happens to be a Mary Kay consultant. We tried a few times through the winter to line something up, but illness and weather weren't kind to us, so just last week we managed to get some friends together for a spa pampering morning. Jill helped everyone relax and enjoy themselves, and the end result was $109 raised for my JDRF ride instead of the usual free products for the hostess of a Mary Kay party. If you're looking for ways to raise funds, or just need some Mary Kay products yourself, you might want to consider contacting Jill. Guys, you should think about it too! Some of your wives or girlfriends might enjoy a little girl time.
Thanks, Jill, for a fun morning. And for your continued dedication to JDRF in all sorts of ways. You are the best!
Jill's contact info is jdeak@marykay.com if any of you want to find her.
What a great night for a ride, no worries about rain. Kate E., Tony, Dan and I headed east with the wind, we were hitting 19-20 mph. A few miles in we look up the road and there are two runaway horses. We slowed our bikes because in bike vs. horse, I'm pretty sure horse wins. There was another rider on the other side of the horses and fortunately the owners were there as well putting on the bridles. After a minute or two it was all under control and we continued on our ride. After 10 miles we turned around and headed into the wind. Thanks to Kate & Tony we made great progress, over 16 mph. It was a great ride and you don't run into a horse very often.
Alex
This is PERFECT weather!! I absolutely love it. The wind was blowing harder than I realized ... so parts of the ride were more intense ... I was going for a low key sort of ride today.
