I'm way overdue for a new entry! Life's been a little crazy lately, but at this point I'm aiming to bike to work once a week and do a longer (at least 20 mile) ride each weekend. The Flying Wheels Summer Century is on June 14 and I'm hoping I can do a quarter century (25 miles) before Kendra's shower. I should have more time to do a half (or full if I'm ambitious!) century for the Seattle Century in July. Tutoring and Sunday soccer will be done in June, so I can move up my number of rides per week.
But on to the Memorial Day ride...it was kind of overcast in the morning and I was struggling with my momentum for the day. Many thanks are due to Dave for getting me over this and on to my bike! We rode from my place down to the Burke-Gilman and followed it north to Bothell Landing. I hadn't been along that stretch of the trail - the views of Lake Washington are gorgeous and most of the trail was relatively quiet. We passed through Lake Forest Park and had to take the detour route along one stretch of Lake City Way. Dave's bike has a computer (another investment I may be pursuing...), so we found that it is about 15 miles from my house to Bothell Landing. It's another 10 miles to Marymoor, so that will be a good distance for training rides (50 miles roundtrip).
I'm making plans to meet friends on training rides, which is a good motivator. Dave and I might meet up at Marymoor and he can ride with me up to Bothell Landing. I also thought about riding to the Celtic Bayou for trivia this summer. I could come from work and pick up Erin at the UW. Brianne wants to bike up to Woodinville and then ride back with us. The timing should work well for about a 7:30pm trivia arrival, and we can use Bri's bike rack to get our bikes back to Ravenna. I could also bike from my door to Blana's door, and if I get ambitious I might visit Dave at work in Issaquah (Whew! That one's for a day off unless I get a bike rack to shorten the trip!).
So, we enjoyed the 30 mile ride on Sunday and I'm feeling excited about my summer of biking!
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