August 28, 2004
Canada Edgewood
Today we had a team ride. Canada road at Edgewood down to 92 and back. Then from Edgewood down Canada into Woodside. We turned at Woodside, then up Whiskey Hill road to Sand Hill and then Portola down to Alpine. Alpine to Arastradero.
enjoying the rest stop, awesome watermelon and teammates
On Arastradero we stopped at the preserve for a planned rest stop. From Arastradero we went down to PageMill, up the PageMill hill and turned into Foothill - which at that point is actually Junipero Serra. This went on and then we crossed Sandhill and the road became something else. We rode through Menlo Park / Atherton into Redwood City and back to Edgewood. By the time we got to Edgewood it was super hot (95 degrees in Redwood City according to the paper) and we had a 2 1/2 mile climb to go. I had to stop partway up the hill and then went a bit further but had to be SAGed the rest of the way up it was so hot. I finished the ride by riding from the crest of the hill back to the meeting area at Edgewood and Canada.
Another shot from the rest stop
Highlights from the ride—we practiced pacelining for most of the ride so we kept a moderately easy pace that we all could do. THis was fun!
I led several of the lines up the hills on Canada.
We stopped several times to regroup at the top of hills, grab a bite and stretch.
We practically had a party at the rest stop with the pretzels, gatorade and water and the awesome watermelon brought to us by our honorees. These folks rock!
There are too many stop signs in redwood city for a decent bike ride.
Naps are good—2 1/2 hours of dead sleep after a stretching, a shower and lunch.