Monday I walked into work via Glen Park BART.  I went down to Dolores Park and then walked over Liberty Hill and then Noe Valley before heading to Glen Park.  This is an unusual sight in San Francisco-  these three homes on Castro between 27th and Duncan are accessed via a dirt road that ends up going through somebody's carport.  Very rustic:

My walk didn't end up having a vegan donut stop at whole foods so I tried going to Pepples in the Embarcadero but they weren't open so I got a cookie and a cupcake from plant cafe on pine.  That, along with the surprising number of Mike 'n Ikes that consumed immediately after gave me that 'waaaay too much sugar' gross feeling that lingered for the rest of the day.  I headed home at lunch and noted that they'd dug up part of my street for repaving:

I headed back to work and then went to a spin class after.  I worked so fucking hard I felt like throwing up for half of it which is in my opinion a good thing.  After the weekend on the bike I didn't have a lot left.  After I headed home and sadly got on an 'N' train instead of an 'M' which is I mistake I make kind of a lot.  It wasn't all bad, I ran into my friend Monica who's one of the hottest chicks I know.  I've been on the Lifecycle with her and she looked hot every day which seems almost superhuman to me.  Usually by the end I look so ragged that people stopp calling my 'Ma'am'.  I finally made it home and noted that they'd finished paving.  Too bad it was already too hard for me to scratch 'Mimi Rules!!!!!' in it.  Note that it's textured--  they have to use concrete on my street and also texture it because it's that damn steep:

Mr. Poe had dinner waiting for me when I got home.  Then i got cleaned up at went to bed.  At 8:30.

Friday I worked from home in the morning and came in on Muni mid day.  I went to my spin class and sweated so much that when I was finished I looked like I'd peed my pants.  The next class coming in looked at me a little funny as I left.  I got my hair cut after work and then went home and had dinner and went to bed early.

Saturday was the monthly Different Spokes club ride.  Everybody was out in their fabulous new jerseys.  I got one too but mine is too big and I'm hoping somebody's gonna want to trade a M for my L.  Here's everybody rocking their glam new look:

I got a couple pics of the Golden Gate Bridge as we were heading across:

We headed over to Tiburon where we stopped for snack:

I got this awesome view of the Golden Gate Bridge swathed in fog from Tiburon:

We headed around Paradise and then climbed Camino Alto and headed into Mill Valley for lunch at Cafe Del Soul.  After we headed back to the Golden Gate Bridge:

I wasn't quite finished, so Ray and I headed up to Twin Peaks on the way home.  It was a great day for it:

I headed home and Mr. Poe took me to REI to drop my Cannondale off for a D check.  Then we headed home for dinner.   I had a big day on Sunday so I went to bed incredibly early.

Tuesday I was totally beat and didn't get out of the house at all.  I guess all the riding over the weekend caught up with me after all.  Wednesday I led an ALC training ride out to Tiburon in the afternoon.  We had pretty nice weather and it was a good day.  I only had two riders and one of them was Grady which was awesome.  We saw the Oracle armada heading out as we were crossing the Golden Gate Bridge.  It's fast.  Look at how fast the power boats are going to keep up with the sailboat.  Amazing:

We rode Tiburon loop, stopped for snack and then headed home.  Here are my riders back in San Francisco:

I headed home for dinner and then got ready for bed.  It was a fun day!

Sunday was my ALC training ride out to Lucas Valley and then Point Reyes Station and we had a lot of fun.  The weather was gusty and weird all day but we only got a little wet so it ended up OK.  We'd been a little worried about this ride because last year on this route we got hailed on but luckily we didn't get that.  A whole bunch of Team Unpopular showed up and I just love having them on our rides.  They're all so much fun and super nice.  My YTD bike mileage hit 3k today which was pretty awesome.  I'm a little behind last year but I've been spending a lot of time in the gym so I think that's OK.

Pics from Sports Basement before the start:

We headed off over the Golden Gate Bridge towards Marin.  Here are some pics from the route:

This is pretty, pretty China Camp:

This is the view from the top of Lucas Valley:

We ran into the pos ped three day ride at lunch and we hung out with them a bit.  Sadly, I missed Mark and Brendan so I didn't get to hear all the T about the overnight.  We headed back with another Lifecycle training ride and had a great afternoon.  Here are the last of the riders with Buz at the Golden Gate Bridge:

I got home at 7:30 which was kind of an ouch.  I had dinner and got ready for bed.  It had been a long ass weekend.

Friday I came into work down Market St.  I went to the gym over lunch and took a spin class that was completely devoid of drama.  After work I went for a nice ride.  I headed off Market to McAllister to Baker into the Panhandle and then Cole to Haight to Stanyan to Page and into Golden Gate Park.  I headed over to the Music Concourse where I took some pics.

Me:

I came out of the park at 9th and took it to Judah to 7th into Laguna Honda to Claremont to Portola to Santa Clara into Monterey to San Jose to Duncan to Valencia to 18th to Douglass and home for dinner.  Mr. Poe was at the movies so I fed the dogs and then myself and got cleaned up and ready for bed.  I tried to stay up til he got home but couldn't make it past 9.