View Full Version : Friday, July 1st
SadieKate
06-27-2005, 10:47 AM
I just read our holiday schedule and 'lo and behold, 'tis a holiday from my regular homage to the paycheck gods.
Anyone have ride plans? Maybe V will want to do Diablo again so she can get her two Diablo rides in before they go off for fun and games. Or wonder what traffic will be like over Cardiac. Anyone?
aka_kim
06-27-2005, 06:59 PM
Since I worked all of this past weekend, I think I deserve to take some time off Friday! I could be convinced to do Diablo, or sumthin.
SadieKate
06-27-2005, 09:24 PM
Way cool! What sounds good? Forecast for Davis is 96 and for Concord 90 so I vote for way early. My LCS opens at 6 am; I can be on the road by 6:02. :cool:
Diablo is always good but you have ideas for sumthin else?
Veronica
06-28-2005, 04:00 AM
How about Morgan Territory?
V.
jobob
06-28-2005, 04:35 AM
I was hoping to play hooky that day but circumstances are conspiring against me :mad: But let me know what you decide to do, justincase.
SadieKate
06-28-2005, 07:05 AM
V and Jo - what will tempt you?
aka_kim
06-28-2005, 08:10 AM
I was thinking about Morgan Territory too, if you all are Diabloed out. We could go up MT, then down the Livermore side and up the south side of Diablo to the junction. According to Klimb, it would be about 50 miles and 4600' climbing.
I didn't do the Oakland Hills/Bears ride I'd been hoping to do last weekend, that's another option.
Another option is to re-visit Napa!
Veronica
06-28-2005, 08:16 AM
Any of those is interesting to me.
V.
SadieKate
06-28-2005, 08:54 AM
I've PM'd Jo. If she is planning to come I don't want to pick a ride farther away than she wants to drive. I am up for all of the above (well, one of the above but have no druthers).
SadieKate
06-28-2005, 08:55 AM
V - does this mean you're leaning our way? Poor Thom, he's great support crew but it's got to be driving him nuts.
Veronica
06-28-2005, 09:16 AM
V - does this mean you're leaning our way? Poor Thom, he's great support crew but it's got to be driving him nuts.
That's funny. I just asked him if he was willing to drive again. He said sure. He's always been super supportive. And if it's only us chicks, he'll really be in heaven. :D
V.
aka_kim
06-28-2005, 09:31 AM
Thom could be our directeur sportif. Since we don't have headphones he could just yell instructions to us. And there's always the water bottle pass.
A Morgan Territory ride could start at Arbolado or somewhere on the South Gate side (in which case we'd do South Gate while still cool, then go do MT).
A Grizzly ride would start in Orinda. And our old favorite could start on either side...
SadieKate
06-28-2005, 09:35 AM
Thom could be our directeur sportif. Since we don't have headphones he could just yell instructions to us. And there's always the water bottle pass.Just so you know, the one handed-wonder has a tendency to honk the horn inadvertently.
Veronica
06-28-2005, 09:39 AM
I'm leaning towards MT and Diablo. from the South.
Although I've never done the Grizzly ride. Shall we flip a coin?
V.
SadieKate
06-28-2005, 09:42 AM
Where's the better food? :p
I really don't care. You girls decide. Jo has more and more being heaped on her plate so she said it is unlikely she'll make it.
jobob
06-28-2005, 09:50 AM
On the other hand, I might say "the hell with 'em all" and join you anyhow.
Just tell me where you're meeting and maybe I'll show - everything you're bandying about looks fine by me. If I end up going I'll PM ya's & call V. on her cell.
- Jo.
aka_kim
06-28-2005, 10:40 AM
I'm leaning towards MT and Diablo. from the South.
Although I've never done the Grizzly ride. Shall we flip a coin?
V.I've never done this particular Grizzly course either - I was hoping to "explore" last weekend but worked instead :(.
I have maps! Not that they're any help at all, but I'm playing with Streets & Trips, so humor me.
Here's Morgan Territory-Diablo (ignore numbers):
http://tinypic.com/6gznd2.jpg
and here's Grizzly:
http://tinypic.com/6gznf8.jpg
SadieKate
06-28-2005, 10:52 AM
. . . so humor me.Very pretty blue line! None of this means anything to me.
Just tell me when and where.
Veronica
06-28-2005, 12:13 PM
Thom says you should pick Kim. He'll SAG us no matter where. It's making me lazy, not having to carry everything. :D Think of how many Red Bulls we can have!
V.
SadieKate
06-28-2005, 12:19 PM
Oh god, V and Kim on caffeine. That's ALL I need. Jooooooo!!! Please come.
aka_kim
06-28-2005, 01:05 PM
After careful consideration :rolleyes:, I think South Gate/Morgan Territory is my choice.
I'm not sure on the road closure status of MT, but if we're lucky there won't be any cars!
SadieKate
06-28-2005, 01:12 PM
Okey-dokey. Where's the start? What time? I assume this is Map #1?
Guess this is a day for hill-climbing gears.
Veronica
06-28-2005, 01:15 PM
How's the train museum for a starting place? 8:30 or 9? Later makes the traffic easier, but earlier makes it cooler.
V.
SadieKate
06-28-2005, 01:17 PM
I'd prefer to start plugging away at 8:30. Got to find the directions again to the museum.
CorsairMac
06-28-2005, 01:56 PM
Thom could be our directeur sportif. Since we don't have headphones he could just yell instructions to us. And there's always the water bottle pass.
Just remember - he can be fined for allowing you to hold the water bottle too long and pick up speed from him! I believe the current rate is 50 swiss francs! :p
SadieKate
06-28-2005, 02:12 PM
Just remember - he can be fined for allowing you to hold the water bottle too long and pick up speed from him! Uh-huh, no way, no how! The one-handed wonder needs to keep his hand on the wheel. :eek:
Veronica
06-28-2005, 02:34 PM
The one handed wonder has to give up his sling! Progress is being made!
V.
SadieKate
06-28-2005, 02:51 PM
The one handed wonder has to give up his sling! Progress is being made!
V.Oh, good news!! So, how's his typing? :o
SadieKate
06-30-2005, 02:12 PM
So, are we agreed?
8:30 am at the Train Museum?
Jo, please ditch work for the morning. If both Kim and V are on caffeine . . . .on the other hand, you like caffeinated Gu right? Wonder what it takes to bribe Thom into rationing out the drugs.
Veronica
06-30-2005, 02:16 PM
8:30 am at the Train Museum
That's where I'm gonna be. I don't know what you're worried about. If your lungs are clear, I'll be eating your dust again. :p Is Bubba coming?
V.
SadieKate
06-30-2005, 02:17 PM
Bubba is probably not coming. He's feeling hurt because you said Thom prefers sagging when it's only the girls. ;)
SadieKate
06-30-2005, 02:20 PM
That's where I'm gonna be. I don't know what you're worried about. If your lungs are clear, I'll be eating your dust again. V.Well, I discovered that I can't talk and ride because my breathing shallows up too much. Since Jo and I chatted going up the lower half of Diablo last week, it's all her fault that I was wheezing.
Veronica
06-30-2005, 02:34 PM
That's funny. I just asked him if he was willing to drive again. He said sure. He's always been super supportive. And if it's only us chicks, he'll really be in heaven. :D
V.
Bubba can be a super chick! Isn't there a jersey with a chicken on it?
Any requests for Farmers' Market type items for the cooler?
V.
yellow
06-30-2005, 02:52 PM
Waaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh! I have to work at work and then work at home.
How did Firday become a holiday??
Veronica
06-30-2005, 02:53 PM
Sarah started it. :p Blame her.
V.
SadieKate
06-30-2005, 02:58 PM
Hey, I work hard to be so annoying. Waaaaaahhh back at you!
SadieKate
06-30-2005, 02:59 PM
Yellow, I love your tag line! I'm not sure I want to ask who was awarded first place. Me or V? I think we were all whining recently.
aka_kim
06-30-2005, 03:31 PM
Did you say 7:30?? It's going to be toasty.
And I will not be on caffeine, at least not until a Red Bull/frappuccino stop. I need to search for elephants enough as it is without the help of a diuretic.
SadieKate
06-30-2005, 03:35 PM
Did you say 7:30?? It's going to be toasty.Whatever time you want. My LCS opens at 6 so I can be on the road at 6:03 (make it 6:05). Whatever you want. I'll pack the bag o' gear tonight.
I need to search for elephants enough as it is without the help of a diuretic.Huh, elephants? I don't get it. :confused:
aka_kim
06-30-2005, 03:49 PM
Huh, elephants? I don't get it.Old family euphemism for bathroom breaks when no bathrooms are present.
LCS?? Lion Country Safari? :confused:
SadieKate
06-30-2005, 03:52 PM
Old family euphemism for bathroom breaks when no bathrooms are present.
LCS?? Lion Country Safari? :confused:
Ah ha!!!
And LCS = Local Caffeine Supplier (LCP?:p )
Veronica
06-30-2005, 04:00 PM
So are we officially changing to 7:30?
V.
SadieKate
06-30-2005, 04:07 PM
It's fine with me. I'll just push along as fast as possible. I have no idea what commuter traffic is like that time of morning in the east bay but shouldn't this get me in front of some of it?
Veronica
06-30-2005, 04:14 PM
Thom figures we'll need to leave by 6:30 because of traffic. We'll shoot for 7:30 too.
V.
aka_kim
06-30-2005, 04:28 PM
Do you think traffic will be a problem, since it's the start of a holiday weekend (for those bad people taking a 4 day weekend)? I just wanted to try to beat the heat a little, but I don't want to make the drive a big problem for everyone.
SadieKate
06-30-2005, 04:50 PM
I'm with you, Kim. I get really whiny in the heat. Just might have to find a smoothie in the middle of all this.
Veronica
06-30-2005, 05:41 PM
What flavor smoothie?
V.
SadieKate
06-30-2005, 06:52 PM
Peach, no banana or at least not much
SadieKate
06-30-2005, 06:58 PM
I've got a bunch of waters, a few sodas and Frappucinoo Mocha Lites, apricots, strawberries, white cheddar Cheeze Its, 2 Milky Ways and 2 Hershey Almonds loaded in a cooler. Probably won't starve to death for at least 24 hours.
Veronica
06-30-2005, 07:04 PM
Dibs on hersey's with almonds! :D
V.
SadieKate
06-30-2005, 07:20 PM
Guess Thom and Kim better like Snickers then. Bubba says he's adding tofu bars with currants 'cuz he just knows you'll love em.
Veronica
06-30-2005, 07:40 PM
Awww.... that Bubba is so sweet. :p Give him a big hug for me.
V.
yellow
06-30-2005, 09:04 PM
Yellow, I love your tag line! I'm not sure I want to ask who was awarded first place. Me or V? I think we were all whining recently.
Well, you are the winner, but V is more than a weekend warrior princess (she's a full time warrior princess), so she wasn't even in the running. Second runner up just sounded better than "first runner up" or "runner up". It's kind of like those "stars" whose only claim to fame is commercials...they try to make themselves sound important when they really aren't. I was going for that sort of sarcastic slant.
Being the winner of '05 weekend warrior princess is a GOOD thing. It has nothing to do with whining (otherwise I'D win)!
Anyhow, youse guys have fun tomorrow. I'll think about you as I'm explaining what a wetland is to an engineer. :rolleyes: (He's really a very nice, smart fellow...just doesn't get that "hydric soil" bit.)
slinkedog
07-01-2005, 10:19 PM
So... how was it?? :D
Veronica
07-02-2005, 08:57 AM
It was hot! The ride up Diablo was pleasant. There's a good amount of shade on the south side in the morning. It wasn't too windy going across the open section just below the Junction. Sometimes I've gone through there and felt like I was going backwards!
The descent was rocking. No traffic! I successfully negotiated the dreaded shoulder high poles at the end of the bike path. I don't know why, but they freak me out. :)
It was a nice ride out to Clayton. Marsh Creek was very hot and had a lot of truck traffic. Morgan Territory was a nice climb. The three of us were SO happy that Thom was waiting at the top with ice cold beverages and excellent service.
The descent down the Plunge is always fun! I had to stop twice since I was catching a pick up pulling a horse trailer and I had to be really hard on the brakes to keep a safe distance back.
Going across Manning and Highlands we really felt the heat again. We were stopping when we could find shade. We blasted down Tassajara though! Almost stopped at a park with a fountain to cool off.
Had a take out lunch from Andronicos and then cruised the two bike shops in Danville.
I had a great time. I seriously think we would have been miserable w/o the SAG support. It was 59 miles, I estimate 4800 feet of climb. I don't know what was up with my HRM but it calculated 8,000 feet of climb and I KNOW that's wrong. It was 93 degrees when we finished.
V.
slinkedog
07-02-2005, 09:44 AM
Thanks for the update! I'm glad you guys had a good ride. Any photos?
aka_kim
07-02-2005, 09:47 AM
Thom was "da man" - we couldn't have done (or survived) the ride without him.
I don't remember "blasting" down Tassajara. For me, it was more like which will happen first - will I get back to the car or will I spontaneously combust?
aka - twice baked potato - kim
Veronica
07-02-2005, 09:49 AM
Alas no photos. I had my camera until we got to Morgan Territory and I put it back in the car then. Thom had his camera, but he didn't follow us on the route until we were descending MT and heading back to Danville - not the most picturesque of scenery there. :) If I had kept my camera, I think I would have tried to coerce Sarah and Kim into playing in the fountain though.
V.
SadieKate
07-02-2005, 07:04 PM
Ah, how was it? How shall I put it into words. FREAKIN' HOT! Fortunately, the scenery up Diablo and Morgan Territory, the company and the incredible support of Mr. HRH Zippy made it all worth it. Kim and V politely tolerated my slowpoke first hot ride of the season over unfamiliar hills and politely stayed way infront of me staking out shady break spots. I'd never seen the town of Clayton (very precious ;) ) and Morgan Territory was beautiful.
I vote for something high up in them there Sierras for the next time.
SK aka the Whimpering Weekend Warrior Princess
aka_kim
07-03-2005, 08:51 AM
Ah, remember the TE girls' motto: "That which doesn't kill us makes us stronger." Is that it? Or is it "... our thighs less flabby"? Either way, no actual heat stroke, and we're now stronger with noticeably tighter thighs. ;)
SadieKate
07-03-2005, 09:15 AM
Ah, remember the TE girls' motto: "That which doesn't kill us makes us stronger." Is that it? Or is it "... our thighs less flabby"? Either way, no actual heat stroke, and we're now stronger with noticeably tighter thighs. ;)After my day of hoofing it up and down and up and down and up down Arden Mall and the ugliest road in Sacramento in scorching heat, my thighs just melted into large blobs of goo. I don't see any tightening. Matter of fact, they's quivering. :(
slinkedog
07-03-2005, 09:59 AM
Ah, yes... quivering today, tight in a couple of days. And it won't be from the lactic acid, either, Baby!! :)
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