Stupid In The Wind

At first I had a hard time deciding if todays ride was brave or stupid. In hind sight, the ride was stupid dangerous. Weather.com stated (through a wind advisory) that winds would be 25-35 mph sustained and occasional gusts around 50 mph. The word "occasionally" is in the eye of the beholder, each to their own. I believe that every few seconds is not occasional, that is frequent. My ride was supposed to be 6 hours, but I "only" went 5 hrs 20min. Some of the gusts blew me around so hard that I got a full adrenaline pump, and got rather scared, yet I remained stupid by continuing the ride. I had to go around fallen trees, a few trees were close to falling on me, and I was almost blown into the gutter many times. When I set off, my grandmother was not too worried because she thought I would try the ride for about an hour then come back and ride on my stationary trainer. When I got back and told her what I did she seemed surprised to see me alive!
I am up for a recovery week. It will be nice to not ride as much as I have the past few weeks. It is a time to recharge the batteries for another block of training, and get some of my college work done.
Check out cyclingnews.com to see my teammate, Lozza, results in the Australian track national championships. She won the scratch race, and got a couple of 5th places in other track events!!! She is incredibly fast, and I can't wait until she comes to the states.

Rachel