Biking 90 k, the afternoon after, and the next morning...

I did my second ride with the Ottawa Bicycle Club yesterday morning. My first ride with the club was two weeks ago: 47 k with the Ramblers (the slowest group). The first ride felt like a leisurely stroll, so I decided to up the ante… 90 km with a faster group. Don’t ever call me un-ambitious! You can, however, call me crazy and or idiotic. It turns out that 90 k is doable, but pretty exhausting. Managed to make it home, bbq some hotdogs, and pass out for 3 hours. Feels pretty good to have gotten such a big ride out of the way, but I’m paying for it today with some limp-inducing leg stiffness and a seriously tight IT band.

90 k ride or not, a Friday afternoon conversation with some colleagues had me committed to biking to work on Monday morning, and I dutifully met them at 7:30…Nothing like a 17 k ride with people who want to go 5 km/h faster than you do to kick-start the week! I’ll be on my own for the ride home, and I have a feeling it’ll be much, much slower. Thankfully.

Liz

PS. Someone asked how long it took to do 90 k....we did it in 3:45 active time, plus a couple of stops (probably half an hour total). I guess that works out to an average speed of 24 km/h.