Dialing in the Cutthroat.

I always try and get out the door as early as I can for a ride on Thursday so I am home in the early afternoon.  Yesterday I was dressed and ready to roll when it started to rain.  The 30% chance turned into 100%.  Oh well...sweats went back on and I made French Toast for the girls.  I finally got off a bit before 11.  This threw me off all day. I don't look at my Garmin but go by time.  I kept having to recalculate how long I've been out and such.

It was mostly an east wind with some SE as well.  I ended up going north a bit, not much, to get to gravel that seemingly heads east for ever.  Benton, Mille Lacs, and Isanti counties.  The wind wasn't too bad, in the single digits for a change.  A benefit of starting later is I wasn't overdressed at any point.  The mornings are still pretty chilly.

I have been having knee issues on the Cutthroat.  Nothing crazy but enough that it made me play with my position, not something I do much off.  Happy to report it's much better!  I felt really good on the bike yesterday.

An issue with riding east is I eventually encounter some major roads.  Highway 169 and 47 are the biggest.  If I keep going 35 pops up as well.  Finding points to cross can sometimes be a challenge.  More so on 169.  Upon making the turn south and eventually west for home I wanted to avoid Princeton.  I went south a good stretch before heading west.  But much like the Holdinford the roads kept pushing me towards Princeton.  I didn't get lost but definitely got turned around.  A few times I felt like I was going south but actually was going east.  A few road closures didn't help.  I stopped fighting it and accepted my fate!  Once through Princeton I take the same route home, a great paved road.  This time I wanted something different so I went a bit north of 95 and took gravel most of the way home.

A good ride.

The Ride. 

Like Wednesday I hope to be on the bike by 6:30 for a couple hours this morning to spin the legs before work.  Man do I love having riding done before work.  I love riding but when I'm done with work I'm ready for the couch and not the saddle.

Have a great weekend.