Rabbit Rabbit! July 1 rides.

Some folks up here have formed a tri club, so I met up with them this morning. It was pretty funny because they all somehow "knew" me even though I had never met them?? They knew I did IM, and they all said that they saw me riding up there ALOT (umm yeah..:D ), and then there is that You tube video... It just keeps coming back to "haunt" me... Denise is a freak... But thats a GOOD thing..:D :D
Anyway, it was a fun ride, but they were only doing 15, I needed more so I split off and rode until the sun was too much. I only ended up with 33 miles in two hours.
It was 116 here today, and even at 8:30 it was smokin hot. OY!

Very nice folks though, and I look forward to spending lots of time with them. They are also trying to get kids together to do a kids tri. Very cool, very cool indeed!

3 miles to Manhattan Beach Crit. I saw the race roster on Thursday. Made me more uneasy. I was still toying with the idea of doing the crit. When I got there, men's cat5 were well under way. Talked to LBS about the race and whether I should do it or not. One guy managed to get two week suspension. Another also managed to get two week suspension last week for racing in cat1/2 men though he is rated cat 4. ooops. He's young, aggressive and just wanted to see.

I see an ambulance go by :(

Cat 4 men takes off. And I still thinking about it. I see the peloton going by slowly behind a motocycle. They are being paced. few minutes later I see couple of guys with well new battle scars in making...

I decide against the ride. So I watch. fun race.

cat3 men were next then one minute later womens cat3/4 take off. At end of first lap, cat3/4 women had managed to spit out about half a dozen women out of the back. They got yanked. :( With cat3 men around, race organizers didn't want any straglers... I think I could've of kept up.

One gal was there mostly to collect the primes. managed to collect 3 out of 4. She wasn't there for the win. Some people. A set of Continental tires :cool: , bell helmet, cytomax and something else :confused:.

rode home 3 miles.

I don't know what I was thinking... I went out for a training ride later in the day. around 12:30PM. It's hot outside. I must have been really :confused: cause, I decided to do some hill work. IT WAS HOTTTT!!! 1750 feet of climb, 25 miles ride, a bottle of water, a bottle of accelerade, a bottle of gatorade and chucked biscuit twice :o

took an ice cold shower and crashed on my sofa. Nice afternoon snooze with my kitties.

Overall a good day. :D :cool:

DH and I did a 26.5 mile loop he figured out. Roads with names like Round Mountain and Nameless Road. Luckily, we got to go down Round Mountain, it was hilly! Nameless Road is also a slow, gradual climb the whole 5 miles we were on it. One low water crossing and rain Saturday means tonight I bike wash time. Argh, she was so clean Saturday morning. :( Oh and I forgot to sunscreen my arms, luckily we weren't out long but I am still red. :o