Today I decided the ride should take us west, towards Mississippi. Marian was at the start when I arrived and just as we were about to depart, a nice woman named Nikki, from Golden, CO, arrived for the ride as well.
The ride was not uneventful. About 3 - 4 miles into it, my rear tire blew out. After replacing my tube and shooting it full of CO2, we were back on our way. Around mile 15, my bike felt a little squirrelly going up a small ride. I looked down to see my front tire was nearly flat. No more CO2, so I patched this one and pumped it up the old fashioned way.
Either my patch didn't hold or I didn't find all of the holes, because a few miles further and the front tire was going down again. I sprinted ahead at around 20mph to try and make Dee's corner off of Dawe's Road before it was completely flat. At the convenience store, Marian loaned me a spare tube and I fixed it right up.
We continued on out Fort Lakes Road. It was fresh new blacktop and road great. We passed a group of four riders that were headed back toward Mobile. A few minutes later, we came upon 30 or so riders that were also headed back toward town. After they passed, we decided to turn around and try to join up with the group for the ride back.
I was doing at least 25mph and sometimes up to 30mph trying to catch up with them. My heart rate eventually hit 179 and I couldn't sustain it for too long. I closed to within 100 yards of the back of the group when they passed the store at which I told Marian and Nikki I would wait for them.
The heat (and humidity) was taking its toll on Nikki, so we eased back into town.
42.44 miles - 15.1 avg speed - avg hr 132 bpm - max hr 179 bpm - 3,742 calories burned
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