One of the London sea to sea riders suggested we do a group ride on May 19th. (Victoria day). I woke up to a cloudy, cold, drizzly day at 5:45 a.m. We were to meet at the downtown church at 7:00. My first inclination was to go back to my warm cozy bed but I decided I'd better not chicken out since they said, 'rain or shine'. So here we are all 11 of us standing near a puddle with our bikes all set to go. It was supposed to be a 70-80 km. ride but turned out to be a 110 km. ride instead. We headed north and naturally the winds were from the north. We struggled against wind and rain - a good training for sea to sea we were told. We were encouraged via email the next day that if we could cycle in these conditions we would have no trouble doing the sea to sea. That was encouraging at the end of the day. We stopped twice at Timmy's. What in the world will we do without our Tim Horton's stops as we cycle through the states??? All in all it turned out to be a rewarding ride and it was great to meet the other London group plus Peter from St. Thomas and Cynthia from Chatham. We hope to do this again sometime soon.
3 comments:
Congradulations Rita on riding 110 kilometers in wind and rain and cold. This is great training for you. Look for to meeting you in Denver. God's blessing on all you future rides. Keep Safe. Say hi to Peter. I rode with him in 2005 a couple of times. Could not keep up to his fast pace.
Claire
Aunt Rita - some States do have Timmy's! You'll need to check that out before you make your big ride.... LOL. You can't miss out on Tim Horton's during your trip :)
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