Any Bunny ride today?

[melissam]

I was planning to go on a nice, mellow 40 mile training ride, but I overslept. Instead, I decided that today was the day to try climbing my nemesis hill, the Calaveras Wall.

There's plenty of climbing stud muffins on this site who can easily climb this hill, but for me, it's always ended in failure. I've either had to stop, toss my cookies, or both.

That was until today. I climbed the sucker -- it was easy! OK, not easy, but I didn't need to use my lowest gear and I made it to the top without once worrying that I was going to lose my breakfast.

I was so stoked afterward that I climbed the shallow ascent of Calaveras from Sunol in my big ring.

This training thing just might be workin'!

-- Melissa

[IFjane]

See her post on Page 1.

And....while Kathi was having her fit, Les-the-Wizard's wife, Jody, and I went out for a quick, beautiful, Shenandoah Valley backroads 15 mile ride. Awesome!

It was a wonderful, "girls day out" with Kathi. Can't wait to hear her ride report when she really tests the new fit. Hey Kathi - you do have a headlight - get out on the road!

[Geonz]

3.4 mile for the commute to church. I decided I'd make this a day off and hopefully get in some good miles in the a.m.'s this week. The big fat snowflakes drifting down around me didn't have a lot to do with it but they were my excuse.

[Starfish]

Wanted 50 miles. Got 23. Sleet, heavy rain, heavy winds. 6mph on flat road. Blown off bike. Took me 2-1/2 hours to go 23 miles (not including bike cleaning time afterwards )!

Despite the torrent, I was all set to repeat my out and back to get the 50, but the whole blown-off-the-bike thing and fighting so hard to stay on the bike made me wuss out.

I was thinking, geez, it really is starting to kick up! Then, I turned a corner onto a section of road on a bluff over the ocean, and I realized that the whole entire inner harbor was completely roiling in white foam and breaking waves. I was wishing I had a digital camera. It was like, "Wow, no wonder this ride has been feeling tough!"

@%#!*%# Weather!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Did you get my email with my dates for the Berkshires? The other night my friend said he was going to start planning some routes, so I reminded him that we already have one day booked!
Robyn

Yep, it's sitting here in my inbox. For the beginning of August.

[jobob]

A 10 mile ride out to the bay & back with LeeBob.

We said hi to our old pal Seymour the flamingo sunning himself in one of the inlets. Yep he's still hanging out in the bay! He was looking very pink - must be his easter feathers.

[Wahine]

I rode 20 mile yesterday with a newbie then a friend and I went out and rode 35 today. We saw lots of kestrels, a heron and at least 6 red tailed hawks. The meadowlarks were singing. Ahhhhhhhh, the great outdoors.