Bike Ride Two

[wickedwords]

sherrold and her partner and I all went on a nice ride today, about 15 miles, from capital hill to seward park. I hadn't been doing a lot of hills, but I still managed okay. In general, I made it a lot further and did more than I thought I could. They were both great encouragers, and I think if it had just been me, I would have walked a lot more.

I also got to borrow one of Sandy's camelbacks, and I really liked it. Yeah, the water does taste like plastic, but I can deal for the convenience.

The day was gorgeous. Bright and sunny and not too warm as we started out earlier, about ten. We biked up over a hill and then down to the I90 bike tunnel, which I'd never been through before. We stopped for a moment at the vantage point to look out over the floating bridges and the lake; there were boats everywhere and helicopters like dragonflies occasionally darted overhead. Then it was up and down the switchbacks to lake washington way -- today was one of the days where cars are prohibited after a certain point, so there was not that much traffic. We did run into the kids triathlon that was being held at Seward park, and we ate our snacks and watched the kids cross their finish line.

I bailed on riding the 2 miles around the park, as I was remembering the hills we'd gone down and I wasn't sure I'd have the energy to get back up them. *g* On both of the big hills, I had to walk the bike for a bit, but not as much as I'd expected. In reality, for this being the longest bike ride I've been on in ten years -- and the one with the most hills -- I think I did great. *g*