We wanted to do some fast, flat miles, so we went out to the Sacramento River Delta on Saturday. It was kind of foggy and a bit nippy at first. I was very happy to have my wool arm warmers (formerly hiking socks with toes cut out).

On Thanksgiving we're doing Mt. Diablo. It's a 3500 ft climb in ten miles. The current plan is to ride it twice.

The first time we did it (once) - back in March on our mountain bikes with slicks, we got to the top and I talked to a guy who had done it three times that day and I was thinking, "Man I am happy to have gotten here at all."

We've since done it once on the tandem. Took ten minutes off my mountain bike time even with a bunch of mechanicals. So twice will be a major milestone for us.

Veronica