Long Ride

Wow! Yesterday I participated in the cycle for sight ride in Ankeny. It was a fun ride and thanks to Julie Goodman for hanging with me even when I was running out of steam!

We started at 8:00am and headed north out of Ankeny. We passed through Sheldahl and Slater and met Kyle and Taylor on their way back from Ames. Kyle joined Julie and I for the rest of the ride to Ledges State Park. Once at the park we took a break and then headed back. Kyle took off to get some more training in and Julie and I just cruised along at a nice steady pace so we could make it back. Once we were about 3 miles out of Slater I started losing steam. The route was only supposed to be 50 miles and at this point we had 52 in! Once to Slater we stopped at the rest area and I had to call it a day. I called Kyle and he was still heading towards Ankeny. He was a great husband and got the Mountaineer and came to pick me up. I'm kind of disappointed I didn't get the whole ride in, but happy that I made my goal of riding 50 miles!! Kyle was king rider of the day and with his trip to Ames with Taylor and then riding with me, he estimates he got about 120 miles in!!

Also a big thanks to cousin Paula for taking care of Alexa while we were out on our ride!