18.2 Mile Bike Ride

Sunday, July 11, 2010

I woke up this morning craving a 10 mile bike ride! Very surprising since we had Colin's birthday party yesterday and had company until close to 11pm last night. 

So we ate, got dressed, loaded up the bikes and trailer and headed out at 9:30 this morning. It was around 73 and perfect riding weather! 

Got to the parking lot and it was already getting warmer. Got us packed up, extra water on hand and rode. We got to the end of the first trail 5.2 miles and decided to keep going. We started In Amherst, NY and ended up in Tonawanda, NY, for those that live in Buffalo. From UB North Campus to Niawanda park. here we are at about the 7 mile mark, quite hot and sweaty! 
Mike very hot! 
 
our little troopers! 
 
Hot and sweaty me! 

We finally made it the first 9 miles and ended at our destination. Mississipi mudds along the Niagara River. So pretty here. We settled in for lunch. I had a great 5oz. marinated Chicken breast on a roll. Hubby had pulled pork and Colin has chicken nuggets. (caden doesn't eat, ever - after we ate, we went up the rooftop to check out the scenery. 

 
  
The boys had a great time running around chasing the birds. Mike and I relaxed with frozen yogurt and watched. We stayed there for about an hour before we decided to make the treck back. We pulled away at 1:20 and made it back to UB parking lot by 2:50. I had to stop ALOT on the way back, my girly parts were a wee bit sore! Darn bike seats. We ended up doing a total of 18.2 miles though and had a great time. Too bad my daughter was a bummer and stayed home. 

And in the end through all the sweat and hard riding we burned over 1100+calories!