Training Log Archive: arg

Cruiser ride to 5bux for java with L.

Ho-hum ride to work. Hard to steer the bike to the office when it's a brilliant day to cycle. At least there is a/c.

Ride from work....relaxed and didn't bite into the hills. Stopped of at VGH to visit mom-in-law too. Bike parking at the hospital sux!

....and there was beer at the end.

Got to ride alongside Jasper Blake, retired ironman champ, who came along with Tony Z. He fell off from the cycling freaks in the break away group and then had to paceline alongside chumps like me who were vainly trying to bring the big (well, physically little, light weight walking lungs) boys back. He made it seem like he was working hard but somehow I think he was out for a recovery ride or something. Nice guy, stayed around for the wobbly pop and man-gossip ritual.

More of a work out than a warm up - was late getting home from work and had to pick up the pace on the ride out to the race in order to make the sign in.....

Too warm for me tonight. Didn't have the best of legs and while there were a few attacks I covered, it all came down to the last lap of 12....I had a good position in to the uphill sprint, however was boxed in by racer in front who gave up pedaling on the little plateau 70m pre-finish line...there were racers coming on either side of me and for the sake of getting a 4 or 5th finish and possibly taking out anyone sprinting I opted to not change lines and risk a collision. I'm good with that.

Cool down from Caleb to home.