June 28, 2008 - Longest Ride Yet

I met Jim K at his house at 9:00am. I thought we would just do 30k or so. We agreed on a 60k route. North on 833, East on the Kingman road, then North to Roundhill. Keep going North to Hwy 26, and then back to Camrose. The wind was about 20-30k from the SouthWest so the first half of the ride was easy - averaged over 30kph. The last half seemed to be all up hill, and all against the wind. At times were were down to 15km. Jim and I took turns drafting the other - made quite a difference. Stopped twice for a short break, and once to help out a guy whose trailer had come off his trailer ball, and was dragging on the road. 72km in all. The last 20 were very hard. I managed to get myself dehyrated. Next time for a long ride, I need to bring my cammel back. Must remember to get gloves - to help with my hands going numb....

All in all - great ride.

Total to Date 208km