Bay Area Weekend Rides?

[bikerz]

BZ got sagged in from a ride - first time in 2000+ miles, I think! ETA - I did get sagged down Mt. Diablo for a broken spoke - but this is the furst time the rider, not the bike, couldn't continue!)

What Trek said about the heat! My car said 103 in Walnut Creek - I think it was hotter down in Dublin.

Coming up the slight grade out of Dublin on San Ramon Blvd, my HR went up, which wasn't entirely unexpected. Unfortunately I could not get it back down again, no matter how slow I rode. I was up over 190 for a while, pedaling gently along at 12 mph. Hmmm - my HR never got that high even going up Mt Diablo - what's going on here? Could it be the HEAT??

When I started to feel weird and chilled and goose-bumpy, I thought to myself, "Hey - maybe it's time to call it a day!" Thank goodness for my good friend Chip and his El Camino to the rescue! Thank also to Cindy for hanging back with me, and for the other gals (didn't catch everyone's names) checking in too.

Lessons from today:
1. BikerZ is to heat as oil is to water.
2. No one (and I mean NO ONE) is as tough as CindySue!

I got in about 31 miles, and burned a whopping 4500 calories!

Nice bunch of cyclists, and it was great to see Cindy again after her vacation. And it's always good to see Dachshund and Trek420.