Had a GREAT ride this morning, tho I could have gotten out about an hour earlier! Sheesh, the sun was beating on my noggin this morning.
Anyway, I was riding down the new stretch of pavement and I saw a group of guys on the other side of the road, threw a wave and kept going. I ran into them again when I was making a U-turn and chatted with them about how the new stretch we had been on will eventually take us straight to cyclists nirvana. We have this nice 10 mile stretch of farm road that people like to ride, but to get to it is kind of a pain. You have to go down a 5 mile stretch that might as well be cobbles and there is no bike lane- but lots of traffic. Well the new stretch will bipass all of that. So as I'm talking to this gentleman I notice his RAAM jersey. So I ask "oh, I see your RAAM jersey. Are you one of the Palo Verde members?" and he says "yep. Sure was!" I told him I was in awe of them, and that I followed them last year. So then we chatted about the training, and a bit about the race itself and what it takes. He was really cool, and it was quite interesting to hear. I could have chatted with him forever, but they were going one way, and I was going the other, so I let them go.
But then my wheels started turning (pardon the pun)... A TE team would be SOO COOL!! So then I'm thinking about who I would have on my team... Of course Nanci the brevet queen! And then corsair mac because she's used to riding in the wind, and of course a couple of the nor cal girls that ride diablo all the time. We need some good climbers. Tracy would have to come along because I hear she's a sandbagger.. And Lise for any portions that go through heavily populated areas since she's a city rider. Plus she delivers babies, so she's prolly really good at talking women through rough patches...
Hmmmm... who else??
But seriously, could you imagine how COOL that would be?! And of course the cross country cheering squad? We are spread out around the country, and I KNOW that if there was a TE team we would all come out to cheer on our fellow forum friends when they came through town... It would be SOOO cool!!!!
So anyway, my ride went well, but it was hot so I only rode 26 miles. I really wanted to do at least 30, but oh well.
Anyway, hope y'all had a wonderful weekend.
Happy trails!
denise