Rides and such

Hey followers!

I am glad that this year I decided not to feel so obliged to post each ride and emotion.  Where last year this was my journal to follow each step of learning to cycle and each emotion that comes with doing a ride such as this, this year this blog is more a place to keep you all abreast of my cycle happenings (hehe, breast).

I have been fortunate to have done some amazing rides.  I have done 4 centuries this year in training!  That is a lot.  One was the Gran Fond route through East county.  It was, for lack of a better word, bitch.  The elevation gain was enormous and Honey Springs Road hill NEVER ENDED!!  Luckily for me and Team Hooligans (my new found group of friends I ride with, David, Romi, Tammy and Joselyn) had a sweep and that kept us in line and fed for the 108 mile ride :)

Wild West Weekend; I went to Bonnie Springs Ranch 20 or some miles outside Vegas for a ride through Red Rock Canyon.  It was a two night event.  This was a weekend I needed.  The weather was perfect, I made new friends, stayed on an old ranch and just had the best time.  Bonnie was even there, though crotchety.  But it reminded me of home and I think at that moment in life (post break up and faux heart attack) I longed for that comfort.  It was an incredible weekend and I couldn't have been happier at that moment :)

I have backed out of most Team San Diego rides.  I wish it were different, but there were a few on the team this year that just made the team no fun.  Ego and pompous people kept the Team from being a Team and kept some from reaching their full potential.  No need for negatives in here, but in case I reread this in 15 years, I will remember what this meant and why i opted out of training with Team SD.

I mostly rode with the hooligans and followers, I found my team.  We are great together, never leaving anyone behind.  We ride, go out together, laugh, tear up, and just enjoy each other and have fun. 

Blanch is great.  We have had little issues minus a streak of flats.  As in 2-3 every ride for about 3 weeks.  I think I had embedded glass I could not locate, but it was front and rear tire.  It sucked for a while.

I am happy followers.  I love cycling.  I love how healthy I feel!  I am getting back into hiking.  And my love for the outdoors grows each day.  I ride out next week!! 

Keep peddling!
Ricky