I’ve been noticing that as I get older, I ain’t getting any faster. If I train hard and ride all the time, I can increase my endurance, but not my speed. Not real stoked about that, but there’s not much I can do about it. I can still ride all day, but the uphill sections seem to take longer and longer.
That being said, being slow is not going to stop me from riding. Had a fun 18 mile ride at Old Man Pass/Falls Creek a couple days ago so I followed it up with another 18 mile ride around the local hills. I know 18 miles doesn’t seem that long of a ride, but around here, you get a thousand feet of climbing every ten miles.
The Gateway to the Forest is still green, the sun barely shines through the trees. There are still patches of green around, mostly in the shade.
The trees are green, but the undergrowth is quickly turning brown with the hot weather and no rain.
Riding to the top of a mountain is usually kind of tough, but it’s worth the effort most of the time.
Get out and ride. Take plenty of water, it’s hot. Remember what it is like a couple months from now when it’s raining 29 out of 30 days.