It Is Getting Real
Yesterday, I joined a few hundred riders for the Northern California Day on the Ride. The ride gives you a preview of what it will be like on the AIDS Lifecycle ride itself. We rode 70 miles and climbed a few hills in Marin County. It was an awesome and a very positive experience. It is all getting real. I cleared off a table in the garage to start staging the stuff the pack.
April has been a big-miles-training-month: 465 miles in the saddle. Yet, I realize that this monthly total is still less than what we will do in one week, riding from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Wowzie!
(From: South Bay Blaze Training ride #12)
The 80 miles South Bay Blaze ride to Andersen Lake and Morgan Hill was my longest distance in decades. We still have another big ride planned in the coming weeks (93 miles).
In April I finally joined the ranks of my fellow riders by purchasing a Garmin bicycle computer. I messed up a few times by prematurely ending the ride.