6/3/07 bike

Saturday was a great day. We rode 80 miles in distance. The down side is we're supposed to ride 80 miles on Sunday, too.

total time door to door: minutes over 8 hours
total bike time: 5hr 14 mins
pace: 15mph

on return from uVillage to Woodinville we averaged 19 mph!

we saw (y'all know the tune):
10 eagles - 1 which was swooping and dive-bombing is the best I can describe it.
3 herons - 1 coming in for a landing on the slough.
1 osprey
and
1 deer - less than 30 feet from us eating the veg. along the roadside.

There's a time & temp. board about an hour into the ride on the route we took this weekend. Yesterday we left at 10.45, today at 10.30. Yesterday the temp. read 77f and today it was up to 83f. Today was very hot. We had to be careful not to overheat. We started out ok, we were in the middle of lunch and only 4hrs out (total time, not bike time). That includes a longer pitstop at 1 park becuase I started to feel sick and needed water and salt. Our return was where we broke our pacing. We were going a little slower because of the heat, and we took longer at marymoor. - Gee you gotta love the friendly bikers up here! Then 1/2 way or so around the lake we stopped for a quick swig of water behind a parked car; which turned out to be broken down and the guy asked to use our cell phone. So that was 20 minutes or so while he tried to reach and converse with AAA. Try explaining to someone who's not familiar with that lake road where you've broken down! Actually the last 3 hours it did start to cool down. Clouds started moving in about 3ish, and the wind picked up. By 6 it was actually cloudy.

11 eagle - 3 adults and 1 juvenile we watched circle pretty close to us while we were at 1 of the parks. They were close enough you could see their eyes. They were so majestic.
4 heron
2 osprey - 1 in flight
1 hawk


I thought I'd be in a world of hurt, but aside from a bit of numbness in my ass-cheeks (hhmm, I wonder if cycling is where the phrase 'numb-nuts' came from...) legs feel pretty good, and I feel tired but surprisingly refreshed.