First Hundy

FINALLY got my first century ride in this season. I feel like I'm a little behind schedule. Why is it that I always feel that way? Man did we get lucky with the weather. It was posed to be a mess yesterday and ended up being beautiful. It never did rain and after a few hours the sun came out and it was near 80 by the end of the ride. This is one of the reasons I think I am prepared on race day. If I have a scheduled long ride-I'm gonna do it. My feeling is if it happens to rain on long ride day that is just preparation for possible rain on race day. And for anyone who knows me-it seems to rain ALOT when I race! The ride was HILLY-a great training ride for LP and the wind kicked up towards the end of the ride. Of course it would not have been a long ride without my typical "mom glitch"=that is my 13 year old calls me just as I'm heading out to tell me he forgot his baseball bag. Now I wasn't at home-I had met my peeps at the y and we were riding from there. He needed it by 2:30 and it was now 8:45. So I tell him-"I'll do my best, but I'm riding a hundred miles so anything can happen". So the entire ride he was on my mind-which ANNOYED me since it was due to his lack of responsibility. Anyway, being the good enabler I am-I wanted to get him his bag on time. Because the route we took was so hilly it took a little longer than planned. Lucky for Nate, the route took us right by our house. I quick ran in and got the bag-throw it on my back-back pack style-road it down to the middle school. Everyone looked at me like I was a freak when I walked into the school in my bike gear-and I almost slipped and fell on my ass walking in my bike shoes. Back on my bike and 5 glorious miles downhill to the y. The ride had a total elevation gain of 4200 feet-that was alotta climbing! Good luck to my honey who is in No. Virginia this morning running 100 miles! The Massanutten 100 mile trail run-where there are lots of rattlesnakes-yikes-running with a headlamp with rattlesnakes in the vicinity makes me a little nervous. Especially since I almost sat on a rattlesnake once-more on that later! http://www.vhtrc.org/mmt/