Well, I just saw this - a Diablo Grand Fondo coming next April! I'll figure out a place to watch from the side of the road.
For today's ride - it was a little too windy in the early morning, so I got a late start but it was really nice.
I started taking iron supplements for my anemia on Wednesday and they made me a little nauseated so I cancelled that ride with Charlie... wasn't too bad but I didn't want to risk it getting bad 10 miles from home. Today I felt fine. If I get my hematocrit up maybe I'll even put in some decent SGR times pretty soon.
I played with an optimum tire pressure calculator early this week. Now I've always been a 90-95psi kind of guy, but this thing said I should be around 65psi. So that's what I put in for today and I must say it felt pretty good... the road was a little softer and the traction was a little better. I wonder how many other outdated notions I'm hanging on to.
I did feel a little better on the bike too - I did more out-of-saddle accelerations and recovered a little faster... I'm still out of breath too easy though, so those hard efforts don't last very long.
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| This guy told me it was his 2nd Diablo, and that he was looking forward to slimming down and getting fast. Chapeau. |
On the way home I happened upon a family's lemonade stand at the country club book exchange. I like supporting entrepreneurship, plus I wanted to give the residents the best possible interaction with us cyclists... so I stopped for a cookie and a water bottle full of lemonade. It was the good kind of lemonade... just the right amount of sourness. The boy was proud to tell me the cookies were home-made. There weren't any prices posted... seemed to be one of those "pay as much as you want" places, so I gave the boy $5 and told him if that was enough, I'd like to pay for the next bike rider that came by too.
Then later this afternoon on a group dog walk I had an Alison sighting on the Trail in San Ramon. She stopped and talked with us a while... because that's how she rolls.
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