Now I’ve got a goal to train for and can’t wait another day to start. I’ll be meeting up with my old coworkers at a nice organized ride in SoCal in two weeks and I don’t want to be the weak link in our chain (like on our Ventura ride in January…). So Yesterday my roommate and I rode to South Mountain Park and climbed the summit road to the top. First to the lookout and then to the TV Towers. (I actually went all the way back to the guard towers at the bottom in between because I was really seeking climbing miles for my training and oh the second climb hurt way more!). There was an awesome view south of the mountain so we took a picture and then watched in amazement as some adventurous parasailers climbed through the thermals after launching just in front of us. I felt great on the ride back, but was absolutely wiped out after lunch. Apparently it takes some energy to ride 49 miles whilst climbing South Mountain twice (3,500 calories of energy according to my Polar Heart rate monitor). That’s 49 miles through absolutely perfect weather and great scenery! If only all training could be this fun.
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