Distance 70.4
Moving Time 4:39:37
Elevation 4,249ft
Avg Speed 15.1mi/h
Max Speed 38.5mi/h
Heart Rate Avg 135bpm Max 164bpm
Calories 2,272
Temperature 68
Thank you volunteer AIDS/LifeCycle Training Ride Leaders Mary Vencill, Sam Kimbrel, Dawn Tso, Don Brown, Deanna Tanner and Margaret Simon, with special appreciation to Lionel McNeely for renting a truck for SAG.
Since AIDS/LifeCycle already has a Lady and the Tramps team from Los Angeles, I couldn't in good conscience continue calling Christine and her boys/men, "Lady and the Tramps." And, "Gentlemen" sound so much more refined.
And ... to be continued. Soon after I arrived from cycling, John and I dashed to the gym, then hurried into San Francisco for a San Francisco LGBT Center fundraiser. I just got home and need to close my eyes so that I can be ready for tomorrow's 100-miler.
Now to update post, photos and captions (tomorrow evening. I think. - didn't happen). It's Monday morning and I've finally gotten more than 5 hours of sleep.
We started off with a cold morning, especially coming from Oakland where it was coolish then through the tunnel to Orinda there was fog. I wasn't prepared for a cold morning, but it all worked out especially since the day significantly warmed up.
I rode mostly with Lady Christine and Gentlemen Long Tang (new to East Bay Wildcats), Sam, David, Matt, Joe and a little bit with DK and Orly. And, riding with this group as mentioned in earlier posts is a matter of chasing them, which gives me the challenge to be stronger and faster. In time, it will happen.
We cycled from Orinda through Moraga to our first rest stop at Lunardi's in Danville. From Danville, the next stop was Martinez through Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill. After awhile, these suburb towns start to look quite similar. At our second rest stop, since my Martinez resident stalker was there, I made sure not to butt'r myself out in public, but in the privacy of the Starbuck's restroom.
From Martinez, we headed back to Orinda via the Pig Farm route due southwest. I made the comment that cycling Pig Farm from the northeast direction was so much easier because the climb is shorter, but a bit harder because of the immediate 10.2 grade to reach the top. Whereas, the southwest way is a much longer (LONGER) climb with a less steeper with a short 7.7 grade.
Onto the Three Bears (Baby, Mama, then Papa) then to Goldilocks greeting us with yet another bitty climb, so that we could make our left onto Camino Pablo, just 2.4 miles and we finally made it back. Whew.
Now onto BART to Rockridge Station so that I can race back home, then to the gym, then back home to get ready for a fundraiser in San Francisco for the SF LGBT Center, hoping we can make it an early evening for the Sunday ride.
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| Mini-Team EDNA Tanner, Art, Mary, Emily, Orly and Deyon - we're smiling because we haven't started cycling |
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| with calm smiling, Linda |
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| Matt selling his homemade jam to fundraise - YUM! |
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| Taken when we returned, hence the sun |
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| Matt, they're jams not melons for Red Dress Day |
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| Yeah, him, AGAIN, wonderful Don |
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| Dawn, Dan, Joe and Margaret about to get ready ... |
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| with Vivian, Christine to do ... |
A bit of warming up before the very important Safety Speech
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Thanks, Don, for the Safety Speech along with grammatical corrections
(please review this post with comments and corrections) |
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| DK with a rider (please let me know his name) |
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| Yay, Lionel for SAG |
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| Joe, says, yeah I'm feeling good |
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| Hmmm? David is about to ... |
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| do this |
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| Linda says, yeah, I know Matt |
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| Dan, "There you are, Joe!" |
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| Christine turn around, but she's to busy holding court |
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| Christine's Gentlemen Sam, David, Eli, Matt and Joe finally get her to turn around |
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| Yes, Christine always has a leg up on us - she's quick on hills, roads, just about anywhere |
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| Friend and Skott dismounting |
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| Devon always ready with a smile |
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| with Lionel our SAG master |
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| And, look, DK and ? are at Whole Foods (not a sanctioned water stop, but oh, so much nicer) |
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| Long agrees |
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| Long was told to pose this way |
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| Linda already in Martinez |
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| I'm ready for this rest stop |
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| Skott in action |
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| Mike and ?? |
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| Diane has some good eats |
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| Smile for the camera, Linda |
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| Hungry, food must have food |
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| The start of a photo shoot |
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| gone to |
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| fun |
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| Somewhere along the route |
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| Poppies on Pig Farm |
And here are the Gentlemen cycling down from Pig Farm,
notice no Christine photos that's 'cuz she's the first up and over and taking the pictures.
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| Thanks to Diane (Team EDNA) for sustenance. |
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