With only 2 weeks notice, I decided to sign up for the Solvang Half Century, a 50-mile ride from Solvang to Lompoc and back. I suspect all the real bikers are signing up for the Solvang Century (100 miles) and I'll be riding with a bunch of 12 year olds on the kid's course. Oh well. It's the best I can do right now.
For my first ride of the season, I biked down to Santa Barbara, averaging around 17 mph. I was still feeling pretty good by the time a got to Carrillo, at which point the delusional half of my brain took over, telling me to head up to the Mesa. I wish I had worn a heart rate monitor because I'm fairly sure I reached my maximum limit within 30 seconds of starting up the hill. At the first break in the traffic, which happened when I was about halfway up, I quickly pulled a u-turn and headed back down. I still have one more weekend to do a long bike ride, so hopefully I'll be in shape by the Half Century.
As proof we've been working a lot, here's a picture taken at sunrise (6:30am) this weekend. I was dropping Brooke off at her lab before heading to my own work.
Just a random dog at the Farmer's Market this weekend....
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Bring your camera when we see you guys, I want to play around with it!
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