March 17, 2008
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Sunday, March 16
We had a great training ride on Sunday! We headed out to Nicasio Resevoir. It was cool and windy but a gorgeous day. Here’s sunrise over the Golden Gate Bridge:
And some of our great looking riders:
I started out at the front of the riders because I had pointing duties. I stopped in Fairfax and the riders trickled in. I never get to hang out with the fast riders because I’m usually so far back. They’re hot!
I pointed at the corner of Sir Francis Drake and Nicasio Valley Rd for a couple of hours. It got a little cold. But then the last riders went through and I got back on my bike. We headed through the village and then around the reservoir. We’ve had a lot of rain so it was pretty full:
Then we came down into Samuel P Taylor Park and then into Lagunitas for Lunch. Here’s Ben and Marvin at lunch:
Then we headed back towards Fairfax. We got the bad news that one of our riders had a bad fall on White’s hill and broke a couple of ribs and maybe her shoulder. Not good. I hope she’ll be OK. We headed back through Fairfax and then into Sausalito. Where another one of our riders was getting picked up because he had bronchitis and couldn’t breath. Yet he came on our ride anyway. HARD TO BELIEVE.
One of our riders got a flat in the parking lot before the bridge. I pulled out a tube and it had a depression era reminiscent FIVE patches on it. And then it didn’t hold when we filled it. SHAME! So Ben produced a new tube and we got her rolling again without any more fuss.
We headed back over the bridge and into Sports Basement and then I went home for dinner and I went to bed early. And that tube went into the garbage.
Bike Mileage:
Today 77.3
Week to date 311.4
Month to date 636.9
Year to date 1,622.2
Remaining to Goal 8,377.8
Over (Under) plan (454.3)
