Sunday Two Bridges

Distance 67.5
Moving Time 5:07:04
Elevation 3,924ft
Avg Speed 13.2mi/h
Max Speed 34.9mi/h
Heart Rate Avg 126bpm Max 151bpm
Calories 2,075
Temperature 68

All I can say is I got out of bed and trained

Distance 46.2
Moving Time 3:09:23
Elevation 2,838ft
Avg Speed 14.6mi/h
Max Speed 32.7mi/h
Heart Rate Avg 141bpm Max 166bpm
Calories 1,535

Quick entry

Cross-training on a spinner

I mentioned last year that I tried spinning on my own and liked it. I haven't been consistently on the spinner and I was reminded today why. It's hard! What a great 32-minute workout. I'll have to make sure that at least once a week I need to incorporate this workout into my schedule. 

On the road, again, after a two-week break

Distance 51.6
Moving Time 3:20:02
Elevation 2,484ft
Avg Speed 15.5mi/h
Max Speed 35.8mi/h
Heart Rate Avg 148bpm Max 168bpm
Calories 1,838
Temperature 66

Thanks to the volunteer AIDS/LifeCycle Training Ride Leaders George Head, Deanna Tanner,
Jane Maxwell, Steve Wedgewood, Dawn Tso, Don Brown, Pepe Sanchez, Margaret Simon, Guru Swamy and SAG Diana F-W and Lionel McNeely.

We rode away from Orinda BART to enjoy a glorious ride to the Bay Trail and up to Spruce down Wildcat Canyon. The weather was absolutely gorgeous. I rode mostly with Alf, David, Emile, Ely and the super fast Christine.

Christine's wonderful idea
Top Emile
Versatile Art and Christine
Bottoms David, Alf, Ely

I'll add more to the blog (and fix pictures), but for now, here are pictures from today's ride.

Selfie hounds Art and Christine

Motley crew before the pyramid

with Deyon

with Toma

with Alf

She's a fearless leader

Julie Brown

Diana and Tanner

Tanner modeling her socks

Steve the one always taking photos

George confirming that we're going up Spruce

Bubbly Dawn and Diana

Diane, Smiley in blue, Dan and Tanner

Waiting for the train to clear the tracks

Are Brittney and Art on the same ride?

Christine climbing to ...

make a point

Work of Art on Spruce

Not a hop, not a skip, not even a jump ...

Distance 5.4
Moving Time 29:13
Elevation 476ft
Avg Speed 11.1mi/h
Max Speed 33.1mi/h
Heart Rate Avg 129bpm Max 153bpm
Calories 186
Temperature 72

and I still enjoyed the mini-est of training rides. So what did I do all week? Well, there was this, and there was that which included a bit of fundraising, volunteering, and caregiving. While I was riding, I asked myself if should I put in more than 30 miles today, knowing that I had already planned to ride with AIDS/LifeCycle Training Ride Leaders on Saturday and Sunday. Since I left the house so late after being distracted a few too many times, after I got on my bike (yes, all kitted out) I realized I had to prepare an early dinner and the day escaped the best laid plan.

So I'm back home typing the end of this post to prepare an early dinner (yes, it's 3:25 pm). Enjoy your weekend folks.

More support from wonderful friends

Thanks so much PePaCo, Oscar Yuan, Kathleen Stephens, Bob and Raul, and Vera de Vera for supporting #aidslifecycle. We're getting closer each day to our goal.

A huge donation to AIDS/LifeCycle

Many thanks to Kim Roper for her $500 to AIDS/LifeCycle we have reached 25% of our goal towards $40,000.