Wellsburg to Wheeling

We are now starting to have trouble finding rides that meet our distance requirements.   Yesterday we had planned on riding in Pittsburgh on the the trails at the South Side unfortunately we would have had the same issue that we had last week at Morraine State Park, we would have had to redo the loop several times to meet our weekly 35 mile requirement.  Instead we decided to go with an old favorite the Wellsburg to Wheeling ride, not a lot of hills but a nice variation in terrain.  Clay and I were thrilled to not have had any rain especially when we found a patch of rain by the coke plant on our way to the ride.  We were not to thrilled that we forgot sunscreen.  We have remembered every weekend but for some reason yesterday we were off our game.  We did however complete 35.67 miles which was fantastic.  We are only a month away from ride day.  We need to work on getting a little more funding for the Tour De Cure.  

Trip Distance:  35.67

Trip Time: 2:38:40 

Average Speed: 13.48

Maximum Speed: 25.90

Morraine State Park

We went on a ride on Friday, May 15, I just haven't taken the time to post in a while.  Last Friday we went to Morraine State Park to check out the general area of where our ride is going to take place at.  They have a great riding trail at Morraine park and beautiful views of the lake; however, the trail is only 7 miles long which means we had to double-up and ride the trail twice.  We also chose to climb a big hill about 1/2 mile long in order to build our climbing skills.  The trail had a nice combination of turns and baby hills.  It was a perfect Friday off for clay and I. 

Distance:  32.36

Time: 2:28:07

Average Speed: 13:10 

Maximum Speed: 29:47

30 mile ride

Today Clay and I successfully completed our 30 mile ride. We road all the way from Wellsburg to Wheeling a nice combination of terrain we went through road - off road and paved trails. However, we did not encounter a lot of climbs. We will definitely need to incorporate some climbs on our next weekend ride. It was a fantastic feeling to know that we only have 20 more miles to go to reach our goal.

Trip Distance: 32.31 miles
Trip Time: 2:19:52
Average Speed: 13.87
Maximum Speed: 22.03 - not too bad for no hills!

Last week we ran out of road so our trip was split into two days instead of one. I lost the stats so i was not able to blog about it. But we completed 15 miles on Saturday and 12 miles on Sunday.