And she crosses the finish line

[pbray]

Yay, survived the bike ride! This was the Connecticut edition of the Tour de Cure, which raises money for the American Diabetes Association. I rode with Cannondale's company team, which was a fun experience. Some of the riders did the long route (100 miles!) but the majority of us opted for the 50K route. Weather cooperated--gray clouds overheard, but no rain fell.

I usually bike alone when I'm home training, so it is very different riding with a group. Particulary at the start of the route--when they sent the 50K group off it looked like there were at least a hundred of us, maybe more. Then traffic lights and hills spread us out along the route, but there were always other bikers in sight.

Glad I came and did this, and that we had a good time. It's also a good training check--I'm in okay shape for June, but need to start riding a 50K training route on the weekends so I'll be in shape for the trip in August.

Hopefully there will be photos later--I'll post links.

Comments

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Hooray and well done! *cheers*!

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[susanjett.livejournal.com]

Yay for you! Can't wait to see the photos.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Me too! There were several folks taking pictures--including the official Cannondale company photo, which scares us all, a little, since we had all spent hours biking and then removed our helmets, thus demonstrating some truly interesting hairstyles...

[jennifer-dunne.livejournal.com]

Yea!!! *applause* *applause*

More importantly, how was the beer? ;-)

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Excellent! Started off with Magic Hat #9, and then had a Newcastle Brown Ale, which isn't quite as good as Ithaca's Nut Brown Ale, but still pretty darn good on its own merits.

Mmm, beer. It's good carbs.