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July 5, 2006
Ghetto Cooldown
Today K and I met at the bike shop and set off for a ride. We took it nice and easy today, averaging close to 18 MPH but all on flat so not too bad. I actually rode my tri bike. I haven't been on it for close to 2 weeks!
We ended our ride at the oval where the guys were racing tonight. We learned some strategy, saw some team riding in action and then decided that since K and I are a team of two, we probably won't be doing much of that in our races. :) We were about ready to head on our way back to the shop when one of the guys asked if we wanted to go on the ghetto ride with them. Ghetto ride?
When one of them asks us something it's more like telling us something so we went along, not quite sure what we were getting into. Basically it turned out to be their cooldown although an odd cooldown given the fact that they would randomly start sprinting uphills and whatnot. I can never figure out if they are doing that kind of stuff on purpose or if it's just the fact that they are guys being guys. Anyway, it became very clear very quickly why it was called the ghetto ride. Yup - we were riding through the ghettos of Pittsburgh no doubt! That's all the motivation you need to stay up with the pack. :) They were just riding easy though considering they had all just raced.
After all that K and I rode back to the shop (the short way) and ended the evening with just over 24 miles. Pretty good night, especially considering we made it out of the ghetto alive... :)
Posted by beth at July 5, 2006 9:24 PM
Comments
glad you made it out alive... hopefully you and K can get some more friends in on the action to make a team... i rode with a great team of guys untill scheduling issues got in the way... hope to do it again someday
Posted by: Kranky C Dale at July 6, 2006 10:43 AM