Sunny after rain, hail & rainbow

Yesterday we got quite a good amount of rain, then loud thunder, then hail, and we saw an amazingly thick rainbow over our garden fence.  Believed it might have been a good sign!

The hail

and the rainbow. 

Would you like to sing?  Somewhere over the rainbow



Today it was a sunny day so that mini rose came back to bloom happily.

And we had a good ride happily too!

I felt like lifting up my saddle more, so did.  And practiced stopping and starting again with the new height so that I wouldn't fall accidentally.  It took some time to get used to it, but I finally could do well.

Not only bicycling but also gardening!??

Yesterday I was still tired in the morning.  So we didn't ride at all, but Mr. WhP was cleaning and lubricating chains and parts of our bicycles, and Mrs. WhP did some kitchen chores and crepe myrtle tree trimming.
We found a good movie and enjoyed it very much.   He was so cute! 

Well, next morning which is today.  My shoulder and neck were very stiff, and my right heel got pain!!  I know why, because of too much looking up for tree trimming and a little bit using a hoe in our garden.

I figured out that any activity make my body hurts by my age, so just deal with it.

I tried cycling 10 miles with the same cadence whether flat or slope.  Oh, I lifted up my saddle to 4 inches, and that was the best so far.
Drank a glass of juice immediately when I got home.  And had easy lunch immediately, yes! these are TV dinners.  

And we had this simple Dessert each. Canned yellow peach and yogurt.

So we feel quite good now.

Rode 10.66 miles in an hour and 8 minutes.  average 9.3 mph, and max 17.8 mph.

Because of my age? I was not quite recovered.

I was not quite recovered from yesterday.  I didn't have enough energy today, when I started riding, I felt so.  Then my right calf almost started cramping.   I changed right hand gear smaller to ease pedaling.

Yesterday I lifted up my saddle to 3.5" from 2.5"  Now I have to tilt the bicycle to reach to the ground.  I couldn't stop smoothly yesterday, but I finally got a beautiful and safe stop.

Tomorrow I need to try beautiful start without sitting at the beginning.  I hope I will finish my training completely about stop and restart tomorrow.

Distance, Average speed, Max speed, and Time.

Saddle height adjustment

Because I finally got the confidence to stop and start without having too much tension, I could lift my saddle more.  And I lifted it again to nearly the perfect height just before the last half mile, and I was just fine.  I feel so relieved.  We could finish the ride today while the temperature was still two digits.  An hour later the temperature hit three digits.
Anyway we both feel comfortable to ride 10 miles even when we feel sluggish like today.  That's great.
Drinking water when my mouth got a little dry or riding around 4.5 miles helped a lot to avoid getting too tired afterwards.  And also drinking soon after we finished riding.
That made a significant difference for us. 

Distance, Average Speed, Max Speed, and Time.