Ride #8: What a Slog!

As we were about to put feet to pedals, I said to Sue that I wouldn't try to increase the distance as we had planned and that we may not even go as far as last time. You do recall that I wanted to go a little farther, but I was feeling off on that morning.

As it turned out, we rode 2k less this time -- only 4.9k. And it was still a gigantic ordeal.

It's been hot here, but we figured that we'd be alright at 9am. We should have been okay at that hour, for it was the same time we had started on our two previous rides, and they had gone very well.

But something was off, and we both struggled. Maybe it was the heat; maybe it was having 4 days between rides. I don't know, but it was a slog.

We did it, though.

A while ago, I posted that Sue had obtained a bike holder for her phone, and I showed a video at the time. Well, she is now on her 4th holder. The first 2 wouldn’t stay in place; they must have been designed for motorcycles with thicker handlebars although they didn’t specify that restriction in their descriptions  The 3rd device gripped well but the housing obscured the camera. The 4th one works pretty well. She took a good video, but now communications between our phones have broken down, so I can’t post it.

I am, however, able to retrieve this ↓ photo from that ride. It's our usual resting spot when we're back near home after we almost finishing the ride. I do look a little macabre in dappled light and shadow, but it is what it is.

I do hope that we get the phone issues sorted out so that I can post a video at some point.