On The Road Again

And I do not mean the song by Willie Nelson.

What I do mean is the fact that road bike season opened today.  After a horrendous February, weather wise, I was able to get Sue Ann on the road for the first training ride of 2010.  To say that I was happy would be an understatement.  We purred along at 14.9 MPH in almost perfect weather for early March and logged 17 miles.  Now I only have 383 training miles to do before TOSRV.  You know, that 210 mile trip I do from Columbus to Portsmouth and back during the first week of May?  Yea, that one.

I have to say I felt good today and it was hard to tell I had a 4 1/2 month lay-off from the bike.  I will let you know how I feel tomorrow though! 

It’s funny how far I have come in the years that I have been biking.  My very first “ride” on my very first bike lasted a whole mile and a half.  And I was stoked.  My first “major” ride lasted a whopping 7 1/2 miles and I was wiped out.  From there, a training ride of 10 miles was an accomplishment.

My first planned “big” ride lasted 27 miles and when I was done with that ride, I spent an hour in the jacazzi and then slept.  The first organized ride I did was for 50 miles and that took me almost 4 1/2 hours ride time and I was so drained after that ride that it was hard to drive home.  And then, I could barely go up the staircase.  (ride a bike, you’ll understand).

So to say that on my first ride of this season, I went 17  miles, without batting an eye….

You’ve come a long way, baby!