Six days of riding

I've had six days of riding since my last rest day. Really bad I know. Somehow I have to get my schedule back on track. Also need to get back to focusing on my summer goal--to the coast.

The heat's been brutal; forcing me to ride at o'dark thirty and the lack of sleep has taken it's toll. I did my Purple ride today and had to have a two hour nap...I was practically sleeping on the ride. Lots of new women showed up today though, so that's really awesome, they all had a fun time. I had some of the nicest guys helping with this ride too...they were really encouraging the ladies and their draft was a big help!

Had a nice swim in the pool; what a great way to cool down. Robb rode today too, so that's always nice.

Saw The Chu out in Hidden Valley with the "bonhomme of the jeure" and A-man of course joined us after already riding 66 miles.

Tomorrow rest and gym, then Tuesday train, maybe a long ride Wednesday by myself to clear the head and not have to worry about anyone but me on the bike. Yeah, that's what I need--some zen with the Dama:)
RL

Rest Day

I've had a busy weekend with rides on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday!

I managed to get in my first sprint against The Chu--it was so much fun to ride hard, so close to the Chu, both of us pushing as hard as we could. ... I got slightly ahead (only because I called the sprint), but we kept it on and it was easy to tell we were both loving the competition. Of course in the end The Chu had more endurance, but we were both happy; happy:) Not bad since I'd been riding for two hours before this--hill intervals; which I'm really liking. Wish we had photos, but you know The Chu; have camera, but never take photos:)

I can feel the training I've been doing is working...I'm hoping to see some serious results and improvements through the summer.

But for today, I think I'll take a second nap.

Ride on.
RL

Palos Verdes

Was in Palos Verdes this weekend so I decided to set off on a ride around the Pennisula. You can see from the photos it's a beautiful spot, ocean views and a great breeze.

I started a bit late since I had a morning meeting. This area is definitely one to cycle early in the morning because there was ALOT of traffic. Fast traffic too. It was definitely nerve racking so I decided to venture off the route, toward the cliffs and ocean to relax. This was great, except that it meant I was lost all day--not to worry I met so many lost cyclists one could have made a killing selling the Garmin 705 on the sidewalk. It was quite hilarious since we were all supposedly going in a circle...

Many of the cyclists were quite concerned with the hills. I kept being warned; don't go that way there's a big hill. Never did hit anything that seemed like a big hill compared to here. I hope that means I'm getting stronger:)

At any rate I did make it back safely and I would like to return and ride this with friends early morning. Really nice folks in Palos Verdes and a great little coffee shop called the Coffee Cartel.

RL