May 21, 2012

  • Sunday, May 20, 2012

    Sunday was my CAT2 ride out to Marshall Wall.  The sun was just peeking up when I left home and it looked like it was gonna be a gorgeous day.  I stopped on McDowell on my way to Sports Basement for a pic of the Golden Gate Bridge:

    Alcatraz from Crissy Field:

    When I got to Sports Basement, the first news that I got was the rider that I had argued with last Sunday for pushing himself beyond the boundaries of good sense had crashed on the previous day and broken his collar bone.  I think we all saw that coming.  I've broken my collar bone and it's a terrible injury.  It takes forever to heal and it's so hard to get a good nights sleep because every time you move in your sleep it hurts and that wakes you up.  Which is awful.  I hope his recovery is swift and that he uses that time to reevaluate whether he needs to be doing all of this cycling when it's clearly killing him.  Also, he's now on the Lifecycle's radar so maybe they'll lean on him as well.  Get well soon. 

    Here's everybody stretching:

    I got a couple of pics as I headed over the Golden Gate Bridge:

    Most of the riders were still at Cheese Factory when we rolled in.  Here's the hotness:

    Then we climbed to the top of Marshall Wall.  It was a first for many of the riders and I was very proud of them:

    They were proud of themselves:

    We ran into the second day of Jon Pon when we got to Point Reyes Station.  It was such a treat to see Brian and Joel.  I think they're the greatest and I wish we saw them more often but we're all so busy and we almost never do. 

    I headed into Lagunitas where I ran into Brian and Joel again and I rode with them until Fairfax and then I headed to Sausalito.  I hung out with the Jon Pon folks for quite a while.  One of the sweep vehicles said they had a couple of our riders and we thought everybody was ahead of us so Deyon and I waited to see who it was.  They were both riders who had done CAT2 rides with us before but they weren't on our ride today but they said they were to get a ride which was pretty shady.  But they're super nice girls so I'm giving them a pass.  I headed home for dinner and then I went to bed.  Completely beat. 

    Bike Mileage:
                              
    Today 105.0
    Week to date 311.1
    Month to date 876.6
    Year to date 3,966.1
    To Goal 4,033.9
    Over (Under) plan 853.8
    YTD Mileage vs Last Year 922.3
    Rolling Year 6,418.8
    Since Inception 10/1/07 37,893.0