Saturday, July 27, 2013

Logan Rotary RAW (Ride Around the Wellsvilles) Century


I get to add another Century bike ride to my list.  This one I basically did riding solo.  My dad and his neighbor, our good friend, Dr. Firth, also signed up to do this ride.  We all started together, but it wasn't long before I lost sight of the two speedy riders.  I kept on trucking along, determined to finish.  I rode through rain and more rain... it was the wettest ride I've ever done.  Long and exhausting... but I finished!  And I wasn't last again :)  I began to wonder what became of my dad and Dr. Firth, because the course looped back and I was able to see all the riders ahead of me as they headed back toward the finish line/starting line.  I never saw the two of them, which puzzled me.
Once I reached the end of my ride, my sweetheart was there to welcome me in and snap a photo or two of me.  I was dead tired.  I asked Mike if he knew where my dad was and he said that he had to stop early because of some kind of problem with his heart.  Luckily for my dad, he was riding alongside a physician so the kind Dr. Firth took my dad in to his office and tested his heart, which did in fact, have a problem.  After some rest, his heart got back on pace and it was all good.
I was supposed to head to a work bar-b-que that afternoon but I just had zero energy left in me... so I just hung out with my sweetheart the rest of the day...my favorite thing to do :)
For this ride the only shots I have were a couple that Mike took of me as I was riding in to the finish line:
 

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