Biking with Adam

So on Saturday night we had a BBQ with some friends and I got talking about biking with Adam. He asked when my next ride was and I said I was supposed to do hills on Tuesday morning. He said he wanted to join me. I kinda thought it was the alcohol talking, but sure enough he texts me on Monday and we set it up to meet at a spot near my house and go from there.

I chose the road that has quite a bit of rolling hills that had kicked my butt on some of my longer rides. So we did an out and back of a planned 28 miles.

The first couple of miles I kept it quite easy and Adam stayed tucked on my wheel. Relatively flat in that section. Next 3 miles had some hills and I looked back and he had fallen behind. I waited for him at the turn.

Then we headed out on Arnold road. This would be the bulk of the hills. It starts with a fairly long steep climb. It turns out that this would be the only time I went into my small gear the whole ride. That's a first for much of this route!

I pushed hard on the hills and ended up stopping every couple of miles and waiting for my friend to catch up. So my legs got some rest there.

The last 2 miles were super easy as well. Served as a nice cool down.

Adam did awesome especially since he wasn't even riding a road bike but rather was on a heavier gravel bike. It was a fun morning.