Cycling reunion

Today Ed and I meet for our first post TdC ride !!! 

The day started out not very promising rainy and blustery but by mid day as we headed out it was sunny and warm getting up to 18 degrees. We knew the wind was going to get gusty up to 50km/h from the west so we rode out that way ending up in Tottenham for our usual TdC snack stop, then it was a fast ride east with the wind at our backs all the way to the Marsh , at times on the gravel road we were doing 45km/h just coasting !!!!. The last few km home were a challenging with hard cross winds going south and the few km we had to do westbound were right into it , but we made it home to some nice cool beers that Evelyn had purchased for us !!!

Ed trim and fit getting ready for his 3rd consecutive TdC ride , which will be a record as no one has done 3 in a row .

Check out that belly !!!, this was only my 2nd ride this month , I'm getting fat not fit !!!

And what would a TdC reunion be without a Tim Horton stop for some refuelling !!

Flying down the 5th Line , this section is gravel and we were just coasting at 45km/h with the wind at our backs !!!

Look of worry as my front wheel slips off onto the gravel just as I snap the picture .

We had a great ride, we took it easy as we both had ridden yesterday,  we totalled 87 km in 4.28 hours of riding time . This doubled my average ride for this year, when Ed said he was up for a 100 km ride I almost died as yesterdays 43 km almost did me in , it was my first ride back on Betsy so I was zooming along enjoying the fast ride until eventually I had to turn back and headed home into the wind, by the time I got home my legs were toast !! But I was careful today and survived just fine .

Interestingly this was only my 5th ride of the year for 256 km, last year by now I had been out 18 times for a total of 881 km , amazing how working towards a goal can motivate so much !!!, maybe I should sign up for Paris-Istambul !!!