Great Weekend

It started Saturday with the BCR Spring Party/Open House. This is a party we've done every year to sort of kick off the season. We had several new members attend this year, so this year's event was a little different in the sense that I gave a history of BCR and then asked people to tell everyone how they got started cycling and how they found BCR. There was awesome food and then relay races outside on Dan's Kona. We picked teams and timed each team. The competition was fierce, as you weren't allowed to spill any beer as you rode.
After the first round of races, the neighbor kids tried to steal our turn-around point - which happened to be my messenger bag. It probably wouldn't have been a good nab for them as I think it had month's old Tupperware in it. And I'm pretty sure they weren't clean. After some coaxing, we got the bag back. We then invited them to join us in the races. Oh yeah. It was on. One came to race and the other manned the turn around point. After two more heats of competition, I threw the chain on the BMX bike and had to coast it in, slightly behind Tyson. Boo.
After we got the chain fixed, Chris took his cap gun and his bike home while we went back in for karaoke on the PS2. I continued to keep my reputation as sucking ass and we still couldn't get Theron or Tyson to sing. I guess we'll need some more booze in them for next time....

Sunday was great because I joined Tyson for a road ride in the morning. We met at Minnehaha Falls and did a loop around the lakes. We even managed to do some CX style riding as a portion of the river road was closed, so we went off-roading. Wooohoo!
Ty had said it would be an easy ride cuz his shoulder was still bothering him a little bit. Well the sub 30 temps must have numbed him a bit, cuz we were moving at times. But it was all good. We were both dressed just right and felt great. There were all sorts of people out and about. Many more than I anticipated. But there wasn't really any wind and the roads were reasonably clean. Once back to the Falls, I headed home and Ty rode with me across the Minnehaha Bridge and then headed home through Mendota. By the time I got home I had clocked about 30 miles. I was a bit tired, but not exhausted. It felt really good to be in the saddle, outside. I could tell that my time in the gym had paid off as my lower back was in great shape and my shoulders/triceps weren't bothering me. Usually in the early rides, these areas are sore for me, so I was very happy with that. I can't wait to get out again!

When I got home, I chillaxed a bit and then tried to clean up the garage a bit. It went pretty good. I should be able to build some shelves pretty soon and then start working on the MINI Cooper.

Here's the route we rode:

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