Mill Valley and Guacamole

Today, we once again rode to Mill Valley, but this time we started from Sports Basement. We rode the Seismic Challenge Kick-Off Training Ride, even though we are not going to be riding Seismic Challenge. The thought of asking friends to donate money again, just on the heels of AIDS Lifecycle is unthinkable.

Seismic Challenge is a two-day, 100 mile a day ride tracing fault lines. It looks like a fun ride, but I don't see it in our future. But, their training rides will be every weekend, so it's a chance for Jerry and me to ride with an organized group.

Today's ride was not very long, but it did have some climbing, so it was a good way to see how Jerry's shoulder would do going up hills. And I'm happy to report his shoulder, and the rest of us, did great. We rode faster than we generally ride. I think this is due to the incredible workout our quads got on the trike. We are strong, and I really hope we stay that way. I think if we continue to ride at least once a week, we'll be in the best shape ever.

At the end of the ride there was a burrito, guacamole and salsa lunch back at Sports Basement. Jerry had started to get hungry just as we were climbing the Sausalito hills, so it was definitely a welcome site. We had a nice lunch, visited with friends then headed home.

The ride today did so much to raise our spirits. Both Jerry and I had hard weeks, and cycling cleared our minds, got our endorphins flowing and made all those troubles float away.