Perhaps because Jerry and I hadn't ridden in weeks, even small hills seemed difficult yesterday. Lacking a way to transport the tandem, we set out from home to ride China Camp yesterday. It really is a beautiful, albeit short loop, rolling hills and beautiful scenery, and mountain bikes digging up the turf on the hills.
Despite being relatively out of shape we averaged about 13 miles per hour. That, though, is the result of the downhills where we really take off. At one point I clocked our speed in the 40s. That's the beauty of tandem riding-- inertia and momentum. We did a 20 mile ride then headed for home as temperatures started to drop.
Glad for many reasons we rode yesterday. Today, the rain is back.
After our ride and afternoon activities, we headed to the city for a pot luck for the ALC Training Ride Leaders. We are not TRL's, but Angelo, who was hosting the event, invited us. That was awfully nice.
Angelo lives in a beautiful, huge house in the city-- so different from most of my city-dwelling friends who live in glorified walk-in closets. We really had a lovely time. So nice to get together with riders in a place other than the Sausalito bike path.
This week looks like rain and more rain. At this point I'm not really concerned about our training. We'll get there in time for the ride. What I am concerned is our avoidance of getting going on our fundraising. Avoiding it won't make it any easier. It's going to be a very tough year to raise money, and with the minimum raised to $3000 it's even tougher.
So time to get to it.
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Rock ON! You'll get the money! And, I look forward to seeing you on the road to Los Angeles. Congrats on your great intentions ....Much love to you, 12 yr. California AIDS Ride / Aidslifecycle Cyclist, tony
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