After Gregg’s Jocelyn and I (Leo wasn’t invited as his bike is not ready) drove out to Preston and embarked on our first ride. We got on the Preston-Snoqualmie trail and rode out about 6.5 miles to a dreamy view of the falls before turning around and ridign back. Well, if I write it that way it all seems neat and simple, right? Hmmm. I had my clip-ons on and so naturally I was nervous riding down hill and actually walked my bike down the first hill in a fit of giggles. We got lost a time or two and had to call our team coach- Jason for directions. Oh, go left not right? Ah…. We even encountered the infamous, Dismount sign and had to walk our bikes up a switch back to continue on the trail.
Thankfully I bought the speedometer and so was able to track our time, distance and MPH and could tell when we were flying (a whopping 15 MPH)a nd when we were dragging at 7 MPH. It seems in the end we rode almost 14 miles (in a bit over an hour so that is good) and did an average of 12 MPH. All in all we felt great.
Noteworthy Events
Getting off our bikes: Countless
Getting lost and having to consult our coach:2 times
Falling: 0 times
Cross-chaining: 1 (Hillary- but Joc fixed it)
Flat Tires: 0 times
Minimum MPH: 7
Maximum MPH: 15
Average MPH: 12
Length Ridden: 13
Time Riding: 1 hour 10 minutes
Temperature: 55 degrees and sunny
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