Heading Round the Mountain Today!
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Three weeks until the Napa Valley Tour de Cure!
My training partner says I’m ready, so today I’m riding this: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/355543
More later!!!
Later … Wow oh wow oh WOW! That was AWESOME!!
No time for pictures, just riding … there was a little bit of butt kicking today (mine, LOL) but I held my own pretty well on the hills. Where I started to struggle was right about half way through the ride on Wooden Valley Road. The group took off, and even though I was riding as fast and hard as I could (19-23 mph which is fast for me), I found myself dropping behind the group. Dang it! I was with the “slow” group. I’ve got some work to do this summer!!! I need to build my stamina back up.
One of the ride leaders waited for me and took me on a shortcut so we could make up some time and catch back up with the group. I was quite thankful, especially because I was getting pretty fatigued and I wasn’t very familiar with this area anymore, and it would not have been fun to get lost.
The group stopped for lunch in Fairfield. After having a little lunch (whole grain bagel, banana, and coconut water for me … no way my belly would have handled much more than that!) I rode pretty strong most of the way back, but there was a couple mile stretch of Pleasants Valley Road where I lost momentum. I regained momentum when I rolled past the bottom of Cantelow, and eventually caught back up with the portion of the group I was riding with when they stopped for a regroup at Putah Creek & Pleasants Valley Road. I kept pace pretty well most of the way from there.
What a nice day! I am looking forward to many more rides with DBC.
Now I’ve got to get ready to cook dinner. My training partner, who did a different ride today, is coming for dinner tonight. It will be a light, healthy, high protein dinner of chicken breasts, brown rice, veggies, and salad.