All the flowers got planted this week, thanks to my husband who is retired. Lucky guy, he rode 76 miles on his bicycle in the last couple days...and that includes the really windy days as well.We finally received our itinerary for our Montana bike trip in July. The trip consists of six days of mountain bike riding (minus one day for rest) in the mountains of Montana. The miles go like this:
July 11 to July 17 Whitefish Montana
Day 1 0 Miles Kick-off meeting
Day 2 44 miles Whitefish to Big Fork
Day 3 62 miles Big Fork to Condon
Day 4 44 miles Condon to Seeley Lake
Day 5 0 miles Seeley Lake - Rest day
Day 6 67 miles Seeley Lake to Lincoln
Day 7 35 miles Lincoln to Divide Crossing and back to Whitefish
I kinda laughed to myself when I read in the Adventure Cycling Association letter when it said that everyone taking this trip should be working their way up to cycling 100-200 miles a week on hilly dirt roads...... several months before the trip....what????? It also said we should be doing back-to-back rides of 50-60 miles long! My gosh, even when I was mountain racing back in 1998-2000, I wasn't riding those kind of miles.
Because of my sporadic work schedule, I hope to do more like 100 miles a week, but mostly on paved roads thank you. As it looks like now, Monday will be my first commute day.
I will hope for good WX for you on Monday.
ReplyDeleteDo you know how many people will be on this bike trip? Sounds like a lot of hard work, but if you love it, I guess it's worth it.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a very strenuous trip but I'm sure it will be beautiful! I'm kind of jealous of your trip but know I'm not in shape for it. I love looking at the scenery from the slower pace of a bicycle.
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