This page was exported from Almost-Daily Diary [ http://www.chainreactionblogs.com/diary ] Export date:Mon Nov 25 7:56:38 2024 / +0000 GMT ___________________________________________________ Title: Avoiding Old LaHonda meant riding up Page Mill today, that Part 1. Part 2 was riding Arastradero with Becky. --------------------------------------------------- Just me and older (pilot) Kevin on the ride today, although we came across and rode with Eric, one of our regulars on Tuesday & Thursday mornings. An unusual route today, ditching the normal Sunday start up Old LaHonda in favor of heading up Page Mill. Old LaHonda didn't seem like a good idea, with the various road closures the hills have been seeing lately. Thankfully (pilot) Kevin's legs had been softened by a hard ride yesterday, giving me a chance to try and keep up, or at least not slow him down much, on the climbs. I survived Page Mill and, surprisingly, seemed to be ok on the steepest sections. After Page we descended West Alpine (apparently pretty quickly, since I got a PR), then out to San Gregorio. What, no sandwich or cookie stop at Pescadero? Not today; Kevin (pilot) had to get back home by 12:30. So Stage Road to Tunitas, but instead of going all the way to Skyline we detoured off Star Hill, dropping Kevin off at home while I headed south on Skyline. I wanted both a few more miles plus the chance to check out the road damage from the storm. I can confirm a lot of downed trees! The photo at the top is from the carnage just prior to the descent towards Sky Londa. Not sure what it means. I also wanted to check out the roadwork on 84 and time the delay; today it was 7 minutes, longest yet I think, but tolerable. But wait, there's more! After returning home I went back out for a short mountain bike ride at Arastradero with Becky. I definitely need more time off-road, but don't think I'll ever enjoy it nearly as much as I do my time on the road. In the end it was about a 68 mile day, maybe 9 miles more than I've ridden in a while, and got to say, the legs feel it a bit, and that feeling is good. :-) --------------------------------------------------- Images: http://www.chainreactionblogs.com/diary/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IMG_2973hammer.jpg http://www.chainreactionblogs.com/diary/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IMG_2982becky_arastradero-300x200.jpg --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Post date: 2017-02-13 00:44:25 Post date GMT: 2017-02-13 08:44:25 Post modified date: 2017-02-13 00:47:00 Post modified date GMT: 2017-02-13 08:47:00 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Export of Post and Page as text file has been powered by [ Universal Post Manager ] plugin from www.gconverters.com