señor taco’s travels

Well, I just did a 50+ mile ride and I feel great. I rode pretty fast for the last part of it and I’m really happy with my performance. This was an organized ALC training ride, but I wasn’t an official ride leader. This was also my last ride of the year and I can’t wait to get back out in 2007 and rock on the pedals some more.

This last weekend I spent my Saturday and Sunday doing Training Ride Leader training for the AIDS/LifeCycle. I had a great time and now I’m an official Training Ride Leader.

I’ll be keeping a log here and on my personal ALC page and maybe on my ALC provided home page.

Have a great holiday everyone and I’ll see you out on the road in 2007.

I went with Keeth and CB again this morning on one of our normal Tuesday morning rides. I expected it to be a lot darker than it was, and then CB recalled it was darker before the Daylight Saving Time switch, so that was nice. It was cold though, about 42°F when I left the house. I decided to wear my knee warmers thinking I’d get hot, but I should have worn the full length leg warmers, they’re thicker and would have been better. As a result my feet stayed pretty cold. It was a short ride, just to the top of the hill at Grizzly/Skyline, but it was good to get out again.

Well, between a wedding back east and a cold that turned into a sinus infection I’ve been off the bike for over a month. Keeth, CB, and I went out and did the usual Tunnel Road route. I had one of the best rides I’ve ever done. I was really strong and rode every hill well until the last big one, where I just knew I was a little tired so I backed off (but maybe shouldn’t have). I’m happy that I could get back on the bike and just keep going. I have been in the gym for the last three weeks so that helped a little, but I think my body is now totally built for bike riding, which is both good and bad.