Tour De Cure....

Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. Tour De Cure raised money for the Diabetes Association. The ride took place on Silk Sheets hillier cousin, Satin Sheets in Tyrone. The Luna Chix were out today. We look very serious in our outfits. We got some Luna Moons and Luna Bars that I look forward to eating.

The plan was to ride the 100k (60ish miles) at a high aerobic pace. Around mile 10 Olga, Maria-Lana, and Don went VROOM past me. I contemplated.....stay with my Luna ladies or chase them down? The back of Olga's jersey was taunting me and my ego made me chase them down. I thought that maybe they would slow down once they saw that I was with them, but no, they kept hammering it. Olga was out in front riding like a madwoman. Then Dan got in front and I thought that they were going to drop me. Surely we wouldn't hold this pace for 45 more miles right? There was a good bit more climbing than I thought there would be out there today, and my legs just aren't into climbing right now. It was my ego that kept me riding today and I reluctantly even took turns pulling my 3 fast comrades.

At one point the RBM team passed us and one of the #$%holes almost ran Olga off the road. What is it with guys on bikes that makes them so rude? Well she drops it into the big chain and latches onto the last guys wheel. Oh. No. Are we really doing this? I had no choice but to downshift and tuck in behind them. I looked down at my computer-31 miles per hour. I did hill repeats yesterday and trust me, my legs weren't exactly loving this. We got to a climb and they guys dropped us. Thank goodness!

Around mile 45ish I got a second wind and no longer felt the need to suck anyone's wheels. We were gobbling up riders left and right and it was fun to sprint the hills when they tried to latch on our wheels. There was a minor incident at the end when we sprinted and Don cut me off and we almost crashed, but we didn't so that's all that matters.

I was very surprised to see my avg HR was only 140 for this ride. I swear that I felt like I was working harder than that. I certainly went a lot faster than I thought I would today. It was a good ride though, very well organized and they put big signs up warning us of holes, RR tracks, etc, which was nice. This course reminded me of Macon, and I wouldn't mind riding down there again.