50km Conquered

So aparently i'm just as bad at keeping up with a blog as i am with keeping a diary. I'm writing about last week this weekend...

Good news my bike came in! I got home from work and had a gut feeling. then there was a message on the phone. needless to say i went and got it right away. what a nice bike. i'll post pictures shortly. i got clipless pedal and shoes (the name is  wierd, they are actually the ones where you are attached to the pedal). it's black and sparkely and has nice hybrid tires. i was super excited to ride it

so why not take it for 50km, i had a new bike, i could do anything. so after a few turns of the parking lot making sure i could get in and out of the show clips without falling over too much off i go.  it began with my usual route up alma to willow out to the boonies and such, it was a beautiful day, riding was great and smooth, clipless pedals are f'n amazing. i seriously don't want to go anywhere without them now. i'm in love i think. i had mapped out my route before hand you can see it here. if you have a look at the elevation map around km 30 there is a climb that is mapped that goes from abour 325m to 377m in about 100m. silly me i thought this was a mistake. surely no one would build a road that steep.  but lo and behold turning off the 34 onto watson road i was hit with a wall. i swore out load. when i do the trip again i'll bring a camera. it's stupid really, and after already having biked for over and hour...woah. but i made it up. i met another cyclist about halfway up who was going down the hill. he just smiles knowlingly at me. he was going the "right" direction. but after that all was good. there was a nice downhill where i could stretch my legs. and the ride was over before i thought it would be. voila 50km  no so bad.