Moving Time 5:28:59
Elevation 5,079ft
Avg Speed 13.4mi/h
Max Speed 38.0mi/h
Heartrate 173bpm avg / 249bpm max
First of all, thank you Mark Smith, Bob, Hugo, Kas, Jonathan, Kathryn, Leslie, and especially Mary Beth for the scrumptious snacks apple butter/jam sandwiches, potatoes with a dash of kosher salt, fruit, and so much more.
Wow! Simply beautiful and such a long a-- steep (more expletives) way to get there. Honestly, this ride not quite to the top, was just gorgeous and challenging. At one point, riding alone, I thought I was lost in the woods since the road had become, literally, dirt. I promise (yeah, like I did last time) that I'll take pictures, but I just wanna get to the next rest stop. So, I thought I was lost until a fellow AIDS/LifeCycle cyclist passed me while climbing the steep grade, and then another, and then ... I would have none of this, I started cycling just a bit harder and faster. And, now, two days later, my legs still feel the effort. And, then, racing, I mean riding, downhill on a one-lane road was exhilarating and frightening, so that two days later, my hands, especially my thumbs feel the effort from the death grip (on the brakes -- not so, I could hear my cousin, Arthur in the back of my head reminding me each time how to brake correctly, without yelling, even).
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| Art reaching Morgan Terri? on Mt. Diablo not with his bike, too lazy to even set it up in front of the sign |
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| That's Bill Harwood reaching Mogan Territory on Mt. Diablo |
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