Udder Century

This ride was a blast! The McHenry County Bicycle Club knows how to put on a great ride! The volunteers were helpful, the food was delicious, the route was well marked, and the weather held out until we were done, as horrific rains plagued the area after we were done. It rained stupid hard, about 3 minutes after we were in the car! We finished our ride time in a little over 6 hours for the 100.8 mile distance.

I am convinced that if there was a dairy farm in the area of the route we were routed by it, and got to see every cow! The wrist bands let everyone know that we were okay to eat as many PB and J sandwiches, cookies, pretzels, and fruit we wanted.

This was just one little pocket of people getting ready to head out. There were over 1000 riders on their bikes for the 32, 50, 62, 75, and 100 mile routes. The first rest stop in Garden Prairie looked like a roaming party! Where else can you see 150 riders in a pit on a Sunday morning at 8AM. It was crazy, and a good kind! Bikers out riding! Love it!

Hope everyone else had a good weekend, I can see more of this in our future!

Busy Satruday

We spent so much time today working on the house. The floor in the kitchen is down to the sub-floor, and shortly we will put cement board on for tile. Its hard to believe we are coming up on 4 weeks on Tuesday since we tore apart the kitchen. It will be so exciting to have everything back together and have a little more free time. It seems we both go to work, and then come home after biking or running and do more work. Dinner has been permanently bumped back to 9PM to accommodate all the work. Last week we were both so tired that dinner magically showed up at in the version of delicious Chinese take out! Love Happy Wok! I swear they are so fast I wonder if they don't cook the food in the car on the way over. Its seriously sometimes less than 10 minutes! They are great!

Joe and I are looking forward to tomorrow, when we ride the Udder Century! 100 miles of IL and WI goodness, with the promise of seeing lots of cows and farmland. I am really looking forward to some quality time on the road bike. It will be my 6th outing. Its funny, even though we both have nice road bikes we take the Truths out on the road all the time. Sure there will be some pictures from the century to share. I just hope the rain waits until we are done!

Long Weekend and More House Work

We had a great weekend! Saturday morning we took off for Phelps, WI, which is where my parents have a cabin on a beautiful lake! Bucky hung his head out of the car for the last 70 or so miles of our trip and thoroughly enjoyed the weekend, especially since Grandpa and Grandma spoil him so much! Seriously my parents are crazy about Bucky! They love him, its pretty nice. We got out for a couple runs and some biking. I seem to always forget just how hilly it really is! The lake was cold, that's normal, but it was really nice to just be able to sit quietly for a while. I spent time reading and laying out on the dock, ate way too much food and had a great time!

Back to reality, tonight I tore out the flooring in the kitchen, we are now down to sub-floor! Its in the mid 80s, and it made for pretty warm work! Its mostly done.

I am really looking forward to this weekend, Joe and I are doing the Udder Century! More road biking for us, I am excited! Look for pictures! Hope everyone else had a great weekend, I really enjoyed mine :-)