what goes up...

must come down?

presumably true...  but i sure didn't feel it on those buckhead hills this weekend! now THAT was a killer workout.  (you can check out the new "maps!" section for a more in depth look at said hills...)

saturday's 25-30 mile-ish ride took us deep into the buckhead neighborhood... we started at bret's house over by lindbergh and made our way up to peachtree (note to self, highway underpasses are sometimes just as dangerous as... overpasses?), down p'tree battle, did a loopty-loop in there, passed by some unnecessarily massive homes (and by some, i mean all we passed WERE...), made our way into sandy springs, followed the river (sort of), came back around chastain park, passed that paces ferry area, and back to bret's.  no cows, no ATVs. just lots of large houses with beautifully landscaped lawns, blooming dogwoods (love me some dogwoods), and no trespassing signs (i may have landed on a lawn or two...but i swear it wasn't intentional!)

speaking of landing on lawns... i knew my staying upright for more than 2 weeks in a row was too good to last.... yes yes, i teetered over at an intersection (the shame!) and then this nice fatherly-type (well, he had a child in his back seat so i only assume he was the father) stopped, asked if i was alright, i said i was, and his response?  "WELL THAT'S EMBARRASSING..." ...what, me falling is embarrassing? or you stopping to help out a potential damsel in distress?! either way, that was the feel good moment on saturday. HA.

sunday, temps reached the low 80s (omg, that's really warm) and colin led us on a 40-mile ride from VaHi out to Stone Mountain & back. much less hilly, but my legs were already tired. and surprisingly, many more potholes!  we were on the PATH, but apparently the PATH doesn't necessarily take care of those gaping holes in the intersections... i guess that's to be expected. unfortunately, because of the sun, i had decided to wear my (non-prescription) sunglasses... my choices were to either (mostly) see without the glaring sun, or be able to fully see but through even MORE squinty eyes (and then, could i really say that i can see?). i can't say that i necessarily made the right decision... there were an awful lot of close calls -- with potholes, (dead) animals, tree branches/rocks/broken glass, small children, etc. although, luckily for me, i was not one of the 2 peeps who got a flat. i would've looked really pathetic on the side of the road trying to figure out those little carbon inflation thingies. (i clearly know what i'm talking about.)  note to self: figure out those carbon inflation thingies before having to actually use one in times of distress.

and now a whole week has passed since i was supposed to post this (slash, when i started writing this last monday) so i really have no idea what other revelations i had on the ride. my memory is going in my old age.... eek!  so let's just pretend i said something profound and leave it at that. time for THIS weekend's update... ha. haha. *sigh*