June 3 ride reports...

[Selkie]

Brandy, I'd say that was a flat worth having!

Got up early to get out before the Team in Training crowd started hogging the trail. The minute I opened the door it started raining. As I was setting up to do the Spinervals killer workout (Hillacious followed by Iron Girl), Divine Intervention: the rain slowed to a sputter, so I pulled out one of my beater bikes and got the spokes spinning by 5:30am. Wet pavement, humid and warm, some intermittent drizzle, but the trail was pretty much deserted. Didn't see the coyote but the rabbits were out.
Unfortunately, I noticed the Team in Training Trail Hogs assembling in their pre-run/walk circle. Since I'm battling a virus that's giving me a stuffed head/ears, I didn't want to deal with getting safely past their multiple squadrons of two abreast, especially since it's early days in their training and the most inconsiderate of them havent yet tossed in the towel [note: I don't mean to be so down on Team in Training, as I'm sure they are a great organization. However, my "share the trail" experience with these Team in Training folks--last year--was not positive because some, not all, of them seem hostile toward cyclists and more than once, they put my safety at risk by crowding the trail and/or acting in an unsafe manner]. So, I decided to bag it at 30 miles and head home.

[Aggie_Ama]

Finally got on the bike after a nasty stomach virus sidelined me all week. I don't even get stomach viruses like this, so I was down for the count. I got up early to see DH off for a little guys weekend. I then went on a nice 23.6 mile ride in cool weather, little wind and traffic. Even ventured out of where I would normally ride by myself. My stomach was still cramping a little, making me much slower than I would have been under those conditions normally. It felt nice to be back on the bike.

[mtkitchn]

I got up at 5am, opened the front door and felt 82 degree heat on my face. Closed the door and went to the gym.

[LL_Super_D]

It's official... I've turned into a real cyclist - ha ha ha. Yesterday I agreed to go on a ride that started at 6:45 am this morning so I readily called it a mellow Friday - went to bed at 10:30 on a Friday night and happily woke up at 5:45 . The last wake up call I've done before the crack of dawn was when I was in Peru in the Amazon rainforest going on a jungle expedition!

Anyway, I met up with one of my friends at the local Peet's Coffee and off we went. Rode 7 miles of flat/slight steady climb with one steep short hill for good measure to Tunnel Road (for those of you in the Bay area). I was able to ride up the hilly road one mph faster than last weekend! and went downhill one mph faster than last weekend as well. Woo hoo! Ended up riding 20 miles. From the Berkeley hills, it looked like it was gonna be a beautiful day!

[im4smiley]

Rain...rain...and more rain..lots of rain..no bike ride

[Fredwina]

I would being a ride marshall for the Lytle Creek half Marathon in Fontana. I took my bike friday, I need to get a kickstand for it, since whenever I fold or unfold, I do the mega -chainring tattoo thing. We met at the half way point and road up to that start . This half marathon is all down hill. My hands are sore form all the breaking I had to do, and my headset loosened itself on the way down, which I think is beacuse I didn't get the stem in right. I'm highly tempted to do another quickie ride, since I did oput new tire on my Cannondale, and want to make sure everything is OK there.

[winddance]

bikerz called me a bit before 10 this morning, wanting to ride. We had kind of decided that a ride was unlikely this weekend due our bustling social lives. However, we both got to sleep in and decided that we needed to ride anyway, because we are shameless addicts.

We rode up the Bay Trail to Richmond. It was very nice on the trail, and not horribly windy. We stopped at the Richmond marina to grab a sandwich and sat outside and gabbed for a while. We saw a heron and a lot of geese of various ages in the water on the way back.

We rode 24 miles or so. Z may or may not have run over a lizard. I learned how to drink out of my water bottle while still moving. That's right, I did! I didn't run into anything or fall over! I felt like a rockstar.

[bikerz]

What she said!

It was beautiful along the Bay today - warm, but not hot (thanks to the headwinds! )

It was a great day for everyone (except the lizard... )