Wine Country roll call?

[Karma007]

Good luck, Jobob! I'm home REALLY early.....WCC is my first DNF. I didn't sleep worth a nut last night, and two weeks of stress caught up with me. I was in Carrow's Restaurant at 5am, talking to a 91 year old man who rides 480 miles a month and drinking coffee. I hit the road, and 5 miles in knew it wasn't a good day to ride; I just felt.....fuzzy. Missed my friends trying to get an early start (raincheck, roguedog?) and at the first rest stop called it quits; I was just afraid if I kept going, I was going to get injured. Something just didn't feel right. We'll try again next year.

[jobob]

Bummer, sorry about that, Tofu! Sometimes you just have to listen to your body. Sure hope you're not coming down with something -- have a nice relaxing rest of the day.

[maillotpois]

Jo's right - sometimes you do have to listen to your body and this was one of those times. Sorry Tofu!

JO - GOOD LUCK TOMORROW!!!

I had a lovely ride with 3 friends - a great day! (Although we could have done without that heinous headwind, but it was a nice tailwind on the way back!)

[roguedog]

Go Jobob! Have a great time out there. Glad to hear you are well.

Tofu - no worries. But hey, it was a great day to wander around the wine country!

[maillotpois]

Rogue - did you have a good ride? I know the metric intersected at on stretch but I wasn't sure if you guys were at lunch as well at Lake Sonoma - I frankly couldn't figure out how they would get you up there and back in 62 miles. I should have looked at your map.

[Karma007]

Roguedog, glad you had a good time. I'm pretty crushed that I missed it. I think I was just suffering from exhaustion- I'd had a couple stressful weeks, and hadn't been taking care of my self very well. While I rode, I kept waiting for the fog to lift, and by the time I made it to the first rest stop, I just felt like it would it have been irresponsible to keep going. I went home, and slept most of the day. I'll try it again next year. I did meet a fascinating man at Carrow's Restaurant at 5am- he's 91 years old, and rides 480 miles per month- AWESOME!

[roguedog]

mp, it was an great day. thanks for asking.

hung out with friends and caught up. had some laughs and cheered each other up chalk hill. beautiful countryside.. that i could actually see this year! i wasn't fast and wished i coulda done chalk hill better n faster.. but hey.. you really can't ask for a better day overall. well, friend of mine that was doing the 200k crashed somewhere in the last 20 mile. he's a little beat up w/ scrapes but is ok. coulda done without that.

thought about you at lunch but there's no way to find ya (or your bike) in that sea of bikes. besides i'd figured you probably were already there and gone by the time we got there! ha.

shoulda been a gorgeous day to be out there for you 200k folks. bet it was lovely riding towards the ocean.

how was your ride, mp?

tofu - more important to take care of yourself so you can ride another day dunno what your take is but i ride for enjoyment. i may not be fast. i'm slower than molasses in feb going up any hill but i enjoy myself. if you're not enjoying yourself or you're worried about your well being, i think it was wiser to wait for another day. plenty of lovely riding days left in the year. heck sign up for the healdsburg harvest ride in july.. similar route in some parts.

jobob - well? did you roast out there on the grizzly? how was it?