Slow down Summer

My husband says that my blog is letting him down. He told me that he visits it every day and...nothing! I guess I've been a bad blogger :-)

This week has been pretty busy so far. Monday was the VCC dirt ride. 3 of the females who showed up had never ridden trail before and I was really excited to take them out. Unfortunately the weather was not cooperating as it started raining on us a few miles in. Little did we know that there was an actual tornado watch, but all's well that end's well, right? The ladies didn't blink an eye when it started raining, and they were cleaning most of the wet roots like pros. There were a few times where I sounded quite militant, I think. Every time we came to a wet wooden bridge I started yelling "slow down, no, slower," until they were almost at a complete standstill. Next time I'm going to bring a whistle :-)

Yesterday I had some fun 20 minute LT intervals, and they went pretty well. I was super cocky on the first one and thought to myself that I could ride at that pace all day. Not so sure about that, as my legs felt a little heavy on the 2nd one :-) But they rebounded towards the end of my ride. I was scheduled to be out for 3 hours but ended up riding for almost 4. Mental note: pay attention to what direction the wind is coming from next time. 

Today was a 3 hour mountain bike ride and tomorrow...another 3 hour ride. It's a good thing I like riding my bike :-)

It seems like summer is starting to fly by and I want it to slooooow down. The weather has been pretty great (I've almost forgotten the hellacious winter months) and I can't believe that it's already almost time for Lumbersmack-or that this will be my 8th race of the season. How can that be? Before I know it Scott and I will be heading out to Colorado!!!