Rode our last group team ride yesterday. About 27 miles. Many of the groups took some short breaks at Starbucks and Peets. We followed the ride with a potluck gathering and lots of info for next week.
Today, Sheila and I rode 50 miles. Werode out the front door, down Alma and then down Monterey Highway. Straigh, flat and about 20 miles to Morgan Hill. We went past downtown Morgan Hill to the Starbucks. We sat and had some coffee then took off to come home. Instead of making the left back out to the highway, we decided to cross the street and then cross again. Once across the first part I promptly fell over on the bike. My butt and left knee are bruised. I unclipped the right foot but was doing a really slow turn left and lost my balance. Ouch!
We then went back down Monterey to Cochrane and over to Coyote Creek trail for a couple of miles and then back out to the highway. Rough road and lots of cars. Almost home and we decided to add another five miles to make the full 50, so we continued down Willow to the Los Gatos creek trail where we just did a short mile and a half. Turned around and then home. Yay 50!.
The rest of the week is supposed to be restful - short easy rides to save up the energy for Saturday.
Posted by erin at November 14, 2004 07:30 PM