I can feel the weight dripping off

I must say how much I love this hot weather :) Tonight I decided to ride with a local group in town to get some miles in. Of course the local group consisted of Brad and I. I know big group, guess the rest of the guys where scared away by a little heat. Well Brad an I decided on a nice 30 mile loop around Baraboo. It was the first time on a number of these roads for me and I got my first taste of longer hills both going up and down. The pinnacle of the ride consisted of my first 5 mile hill.

The first 3 miles where pretty easy with a 2 or 3% grade, however the last couple miles finished with an average 5%. Not necessarily the steepest yet but I could definitely feel the workout at that point. After a few more miles we hit the down slope which near the end was considerably more steep, I was riding the brakes hard to keep it below 50 mph. The scary part was it felt so steep that I had to keep scooting my butt back on my seat because I swore my body felt like it wanted to go over the handle bars.

The rest of the ride into home was pretty flat and we meet up with two other bikers, which was kind of novel in my mind for being in the middle of the country. I always find it neat that there are more people out there who like to punish their bodies as well. Who knew :)