Tonight I'm feeling a strange combination of satisfaction and remorse. I made my friend barf on the ride tonight. In no way was I trying to do it. Apparently a combination of a bad salad at lunch and a little more exertion than he's currently used to did it. He lasted about 25 minutes into the ride before he went. This makes me feel somehow manly... yet not at all happy about pushing him over the edge. I don't enjoy hurting others, but I guess I really am in better shape than I thought.
This is the same guy I made pass-out on a ride. We were riding up a steep hill high in the Rocky mountains in Colorado. When the rest of the group got to the top of the climb, he wasn't with us. So we waited. And waited. And waited. When we were just about ready to go back and look for him, he finally showed up. Apparently, part way up the climb, he got light headed, fell off the bike, and passed out. It probably doesn't help that he smokes.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
5/26/09 Tuesday Nighter
I held on to the group for at least 200 yards tonight. I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry... But I think I'll just laugh, since I know I'm slow and I don't have any emotional investment in being fast.
By the way, I never realized that the San Antonio river flows right past the back of Blue Star. There are some nice old houses across the way with their backyards opening to the river. That would have been a nice place to buy a house 15 years ago. I'll bet they've gotten very expensive now.
By the way, I never realized that the San Antonio river flows right past the back of Blue Star. There are some nice old houses across the way with their backyards opening to the river. That would have been a nice place to buy a house 15 years ago. I'll bet they've gotten very expensive now.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
5/24/09 Comfort - Fredericksburg
I just can't get used to this rainy weather. It's been so dry this year, and suddenly it starts raining every day. I'm sure that by the time I AM used to it, it'll go back to being dry again.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
5/23/09 Po-Po's
There were actually events worth relating on today's ride!
First, on the way down Big Joshua Creek Road, we came across a lady who had gotten her truck stuck trying to get out of her drive way. Her normal gate was broken, so she had gone through a side gate. She didn't notice a big hole in front of it and plopped her driver's side front wheel right into it! We all gave her a hand by pushing and got her backed out. She then drove around the hole and got on her way. Now there's at least one person on the roads who doesn't hate cyclists (I hope). As she came past, I noticed that her truck was listing to the side that went into the hole. I'm wondering if maybe she damaged the suspension when she stuck it.
Second, as we were riding out of Comfort, we passed up a small grass airstrip that we always pass. As we went by, I noticed a plane getting ready to take off. We all stopped in the road right in front of the runway, and the pilot obligingly buzzed us as he took off. That's not something I've ever seen before.
By the end of the ride rain had blown in and we tried to race it back to the cars. We could see it pouring in the (not too distant) distance, and watched it drift our way. It finally caught us as we went past the lone building known as the town of Wellfare, and it came down steady after that. I was drenched when the ride was done. Luckily I keep a small golf towel I got from somewhere in my bag. It's about 3 inches square (not really, but it is small), which was almost enough to dry me off in the car (again, not really). I really need to start checking the weather forecasts before I ride.
First, on the way down Big Joshua Creek Road, we came across a lady who had gotten her truck stuck trying to get out of her drive way. Her normal gate was broken, so she had gone through a side gate. She didn't notice a big hole in front of it and plopped her driver's side front wheel right into it! We all gave her a hand by pushing and got her backed out. She then drove around the hole and got on her way. Now there's at least one person on the roads who doesn't hate cyclists (I hope). As she came past, I noticed that her truck was listing to the side that went into the hole. I'm wondering if maybe she damaged the suspension when she stuck it.
Second, as we were riding out of Comfort, we passed up a small grass airstrip that we always pass. As we went by, I noticed a plane getting ready to take off. We all stopped in the road right in front of the runway, and the pilot obligingly buzzed us as he took off. That's not something I've ever seen before.
By the end of the ride rain had blown in and we tried to race it back to the cars. We could see it pouring in the (not too distant) distance, and watched it drift our way. It finally caught us as we went past the lone building known as the town of Wellfare, and it came down steady after that. I was drenched when the ride was done. Luckily I keep a small golf towel I got from somewhere in my bag. It's about 3 inches square (not really, but it is small), which was almost enough to dry me off in the car (again, not really). I really need to start checking the weather forecasts before I ride.
Friday, May 22, 2009
5/22/09 Bracken
Today we couldn't get rained on no matter how hard we tried. When we left the parking lot, it was dry. By the time we hit the bottom of Krueger Canyon, there was water on the road. We had damp roads all the way back to the cars, but never got rained on. The cars were wet when we got back, so it had rained there. Somehow, we rode around the showers. I have no idea how we did that; we could NEVER have done that if we tried.
5/21/09 McAllister Park
There were a ton of people out on the trails tonight. I almost ran into like five or ten of them. It's just impossible to go fast in the park these days safely.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
5/20/09 Mission Trail
I may actually be getting the tinniest bit of fitness. Scott was talking about how fast the ride tonight was. I thought it was very leisurely. I'm not sure if Scott is the best gauge of fitness, but he is always faster than me (no matter how much he protests otherwise). I'll take this as being somewhere between neutral and good.
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