November 06, 2004
84.2 miles of pedaling
Long, long, long ride.
84.2 miles of longness. Painful numb butt longness.
The day was gorgeous, I was strong and this was our longest ride ever and our last long team ride - since the century is in 2 weeks. Next week we do a taper ride and a potluck gathering to celebrate.
Today we ventured down Santa Teresa through Morgan Hill and into Gilroy then over and around Uvas and Calero Reservoirs—we've done this part of the ride twice before. The we continued back towards Morgan Hill and up the wall - Sycamore Hill. I had to stop halfway up—this is a short but steep hill and if you start too fast you are screwed! Finally to the top where Kristi and Coach Jan were cheering us on to spit on the hill. A brief shot on the inhaler—exercise induced asthma is a bitch! and then on to do another loop into Gilroy and back around Uvas Reservoir—again! After the rest stop at the reservoir - with great support from our honorees and thier families and finally down McKean along Chesbro Reservoir and at last to Almaden.
The headwind was strong along various parts of the ride—so the fact we were pacelining really helped.
The last 4 miles were long, long cause byt then my butt hurt.
Coming into the end rocked—only a couple of minutes behind Sheila's group, I came in with (did half the ride with) the faster half of our ride group.
This was an awesome ride, gorgeous weather, good company and I was feeling strong today. 13.5 average speed overall (with rest stops and hills)
Posted by erin at November 6, 2004 07:14 PM