May 7, 2012

  • Sunday, May 6, 2012

    Sunday was my CAT2 ride out to Olema Valley.  I had to get up mighty early for it.  I was out of the house at about 5:50 because I had to go a new way to the Sports Basement.  Halleck is closed forever since Presidio Parkway came along so I took Arguello to Washington to Park to Lincoln to McDowell to Old Mason instead.  I don't even think it takes longer.  This is the view of the sun rising from Crissy Field:

    I also needed to be a little early because the pospeds were off on a retreat so we were kind of on our own.  Riders trickled in and we ended up with a nice group of maybe 50.  Buz led the stretching.  Now let me tell you, here is one bitch who knows how to turn it the fuck out:

    Buz's favorite stretch is entitled "Anything less than two carats makes your fingers look fat!" 

    John and Linsey:

    We headed over the Golden Gate Bridge.  I stopped midway across for a few pics:

    These riders had the hardest time with some technical issues all day.  We ended up seeing a lot of them.  They weren't slow but they got a very, very late start:

    We headed to Fairfax and then Olema and then we headed south.  I saw a coyote.  In Marin, even the coyotes are cute.  Evidence:

    We headed south and made our way to Bolinas Lagoon where I stopped for some more pics:

    Then I headed into Stinson for another snack.  Most of the riders had left but there were a couple still milling around plus the sweeps:

    Then we started climbing out of Stinson.  It was hot and very, very sunny but the view was spectacular and I wasn't complaining:

    Emily rode the whole damn thing.  I was super proud of her:

    Sutro tower in the distance:

    Me:

    I was stuck on the climb out of Stinson for quite a while.  We had a rider who'd overestimated their energy levels and they needed to get picked up and it took Jenn and Alvin a very long time to figure out where we were.  But they did.  And then I headed down to Muir Beach and then started climbing for Mill Valley where Ben and a hot ass friend of his whizzed past me at about a zillion miles an hour.  I headed into Mill Valley and then stopped at Cafe Del Soul for lunch.  All of the remaining riders were long gone by the time I finished so I said goodbye to the sweeps and headed for Mike's where I ran into the last of the pospeds back from their retreat.  I hung out with them for a half an hour or so and then headed home.  I made it home about 6.  Very long day.

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    Today 77.0
    Week to date 313.2
    Month to date 287.2
    Year to date 3,376.7
    To Goal 4,623.3
    Over (Under) plan 571.2
    YTD Mileage vs Last Year 878.6
    Rolling Year 6,300.0
    Since Inception 10/1/07 37,303.6