Monday, March 17, 2014

Chicks that wear Green

What a fun way to celebrate St. Patrick's day.   Wear green and ride with the ladies. Just about everyone had some green on to celebrate the holiday.  We had a great turn out for tonight's Monday ride.  It was great to see Chris, Karen and the elusive Jeri again and fun to meet some new riders, Dawn and Emily.


Nope, you won't find us drinking green beer.  We've decided getting together to ride is more fun than being in the gym. 

Since it is still getting dark at right about 7 pm (and sometimes even darker when I forget to take off my sunglasses), we are keeping the mileage short.  Tonight we took the Walnut Trail to Jeffery and headed back south to the San Diego Creek Trail.  We would have continued on to San Canyon, but the construction isn't complete yet.  (not that it has stopped us in the past  http://chicksthatride.blogspot.com/2012/01/early-chick-gets.html  but there was breakfast on the line during that ride).

The chicks are riding strong and itching to get some good straight aways in to really push the legs.  It's great to ride along and hearing everyone chatting, sharing tips and encouraging each other.  It's going to be a great season.

Monday, March 10, 2014

Chicks that love Daylight Savings Time

Everyone else was complaining because we had one less hour of sleep.  But those of us who remembered our fun evening rides were excited that the time had finally come.   We had 14 chicks and two men tonight on our first ride of the season.

We welcomed back our long time friends who we hadn't seen in a while - Suzanne and Becky, as well as some that went MIA late last season - Jenifer.  We met new friends Shannon, Andy and Dawn.  This fun social ride reminds us of why we started riding and why it's fun to just get out and spin the legs.

Our early in the season rides will be fairly short and mostly on trails as we take advantage of the waning sunset.Tonight was a quick little jaunt up to Peters Canyon.  We didn't make it all the way to the reservoir but had a blast on our downhill back to the park.

Monday's will be an official OCW ride.  We will meet most Wednesdays as long as there is interest, knowing there are other competing rides held at the same time.  This Wednesday will be Strawberry Farms route.  Invite a friend.