My ride this past Sunday (9/13/09) was a long one with rolling hills (the picture is of a little hill) and 2 deer in the middle of the road. Around mile 5 I can up a hill on Sudley Rd to find 2 deer standing in the middle of the road about 8 feet in front of me. I think they scared me more than I scared them. Since I was still going up hill clipped in to my peddles I had to whistle to scare them off. The darted off in opposite direction and then one cut back across in front of me. I don't know what it is with me and deer on these rides. These 2 were numbers 7 and 8 on my 6 rides so far this month.
The rest of the ride took me along Polling House Rd past some very nice, large homes. I worked my way over to 214 and turned on Birdsville Rd at Homestead Gardens. At Rt 2 I turned left (thank goodness there was big break in the traffic to cut across the road) and then took Southriver Clubhouse by to 468/Muddy Creek Rd. I took that all the way back to Shady Side.
It was a nice ride totaling 43.4 miles. I hit a top speed of 30 mph and averaged 15.8 mph. The ride took me 2 hours and 45 minutes.
I plan on finishing the 220 pledged miles for the Tour de Pink this coming weekend...and a few extra miles for the fun of it!
Thank you everyone for your support!!
9/2/09 - 41.52 miles
9/5/09 - 34.85 miles
9/6/09 - 45.21 miles
9/7/09 - 26.36 miles
9/12/09 - 10.47 miles
9/13/09 - 43.4 miles
Total = 201.81
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