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!