Bike VII- 2 hours

2 hour bike ride.. nice easy spinning in high traffic areas means you cant really open it up.. enjoyed the ride.. went easy across Burrard Street Bridge, then cruised downtown and out to Stanley Park Seawall. What a beautiful ride.. nice easy, sunny, so many people out walking, riding, rollerblading, just enjoying the day! After going all the way around the seawall (max. 15 km/hr), I checked out Gastown but the cycling path was a bit bumpy for my roadbike.. So, back across the bridge, and out to UBC and back.. only really gave it hell going up the UBC hill and then on the approach to the donwhill..Had a bit of a lesson from a group of bikers who were cruising along drafting off one another.. I worked hard to catch them before going down the big hill from UBC.. You easily get up to 35 km/hour on this hill and I didn't want to be stuck behind them. I worked hard after I went by them so they wouldn't catch me.. Well, they caught me all right, but on the downhill...I was a bit flabbergasted to say the least.. They didn't look much like performance athletes.. more like Sunday cyclists. I guess the lessons to be learned are A) don't underestimate a group based on their large butts and B) the speed difference of a group and drafting is much bigger than I thought.. I mean, once they caught up to me.. on the downhill at 35 km/hr.. I braked to let them go, but then I had to break the whole way down behind them.. drafting is a crazy thing!

In any case, again, it's so great to get out on my bike. I really should be riding so much more but I'm stuck on the running... this week, i also need to hit the pool and get back to 5 yoga classes... more caffeine needed... countdown to either Fredericton Marathon or Vancouver marathon is on.. 3 weeks..