June 9th Ride

The high humidity and temps are hitting me hard on both this and the last ride. I actually stopped and took a break at the 25 mile mark in Hartsville. I think I'll try slowing down a bit and taking it easy on my next few rides. Still a good ride, I had strong headwinds from the West on the first half of the ride which then stopped on my ride back.

Below are the stats:

June 7th Ride

The temps were in the low 90s and the wind was around 10 mph from the West, although it settled down about half way through the ride. I forgot to mention in my last post that I'm over a thousand miles for the year.

I had a little extra adventure today:
I had a car full of teenage boys come up behind me while heading West on 46, I saw an arm coming out with my rear view mirror and thought they were waving at me. So I raised my hand to wave back at them. Instead of waving, they tossed a large gulp sized and apparently full soda cup at me that hit the back of my hand and splattered soda all over me. Thank goodness I always wear sunglasses, since they were doused pretty heavy.
I've never had anyone hit me with anything before, although I have had a kid grab my arm a few years ago from a car window.

I also met another recumbent rider during todays ride:
Brian recently bought his first recumbent, a used Rans Rocket from his boss. His boss bought a new Rans and has qualified for the PBP this year, so he'll be heading to Paris. Qualifying for the ride is not easy. Here is a Wiki link detailing the PBP ride:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris%E2%80%93Brest%E2%80%93Paris


Below are the ride stats:

June 5th Ride June Bug Jamboree Century

For my first Century ride this year I completed the June Bug Jamboree in Shelbyville Indiana. I felt great throughout most of the ride. I purposefully took it easy to make sure I had no issues finishing. I had a 19.2 Average MPH at the 90 mile mark, which was actually increasing from a 19.0 at the 68 mile mark. At the 90 mile mark I hit a hill at the same time the headwind started picking up since a storm was brewing.

I also rode an accumulation of 60 miles from Friday and Saturday making it a total weekend milage of over 160 miles.

The final stats are below: