10 April 2010
Walhalla ND The Other Windy City
Posted by nate under: Uncategorized .
On Thursday I biked from Grafton ND to Walhalla ND. It was a more demanding ride than expected but I averaged about 15 mph which surprised and pleased me. It was a little windy but for the most part the wind was in my favor. The downside was that the wind kept me dry and I totally underestimated how dehydrated I was. I drank half a gallon of orange juice and water before going to bed and still barely had to pee the next morning… (Too much info?)So I took a day off the bike and drank a lot of fluids and went out for what was supposed to be a short 7 mile loop. But I missed my turn. Not a big deal ’cause I was cruising! I felt great, my legs felt great my butt felt great (Yes, Nate, too much info.) After a while I thought I’d try and find a new way back to Walhalla and made a right on a gravel road. Instantly I realized why up to this point I had felt so great. I had 20 miles an hour of wind pushing me along. Not anymore. Now it was pushing me off the road. Eventually I hit Highway 1 and made a second right turn. Directly into the wind and 3 miles of climbing in my future. I was in my lowest gear, pedaling hard and though I have no speedometer on my bike I’m guessing I was barely going 3mph. Some of the big gusts pushed me off the road. It became a very long ride. My legs hurt, my butt hurt and I think I spent the last hour never once riding perpendicular to the road. But hey, I got to ride my bike so no complaints.
3 Comments so far...
JRimbo Says:
11 April 2010 at 9:09 pm.
Too much information.
Micah Taylor Says:
12 April 2010 at 1:23 pm.
Enough about your legs and butt, how did all of this make you feel? Oh wait… you answered that.
Claude Houge Says:
15 April 2010 at 11:22 am.
At the coast and doing a drift dive tomorrow. You should assimilate this concept into biking, ie., go with the wind as far as you want, then have Jodi pick you up in the toaster.