There's nothing like biking in the wind. You go slower, you work harder...very demoralizing. BUT, at least I got some miles in!
4/18/08: This ride was dedicated to John and April Pohlman. I put in 42 miles, so I had to make up the difference on Saturday. The wind was just too much. It was a bit discouraging when I didn't realize I had a tailwind going out to Page's Lane in Bountiful only to have a headwind the whole way back to my clinic on 2100 S and Redwood. Bummer. I also had a headwind all of the way out to my Mom's at Big Cottonwood Canyon...the real kicker was I got in trouble with the law on my way out there. I guess the cop didn't like me passing him too much.
4/19/08: My first 8 painful miles (for John and April) were into the wind. I rode from my Big Cottonwood Canyon out to Draper. I continued the ride out to the South Mountain area and enjoyed 15 beautiful miles of tailwind back to Big Cottonwood. 30 miles still left me in the hole so I took another 13 miles of tailwind to my apartment in the avenues and a grueling 13 miles back into the wind to round the day up to 57 miles. I hope it's okay if I round up the remainder to 50 miles to thank our awesome intern, Chelane Phillips, for her super donation. What an inspiration!
Training Miles to date: 483
LOTOJA here we come! I am raising money to fight cancer in memory of my Dad. I am riding 1 mile for every dollar donated and want to keep donors up to date on where I rode my bike to thank them. You can donate at: http://www.active.com/donate/lotoja08/ELindbe76
In Memory of Arn B. Gatrell
1950-2006