Today was my first outdoor ride up here, rather than driving 2+ hours to find nice weather. My training schedule called for a 3 1/2 hour ride. I took the trail along the river down to Lake Tahoe and rode the road along the west shore of the lake. We're between tourist seasons, so the drivers were mostly locals and gave me lots of room.

About 2 hours into it my low back started to ache, but I toughed it out, looked at the pretty scenery, and made the full 3 1/2 hours. It ended up being 56 miles. I'm very happy with that.