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Totally unexpected- week off bike, fantastic first ride back!![]() ![]() Kevin, Kevin & JR showed up this morning despite this being the darkest morning of the year for this ride, along with being slightly cold and, looking up at Skyline from the start, possibly quite foggy. But I didn't fear the ride up through the park. Maybe it was because last night I got more than 4 or 5 hours sleep for the first time in 4 or 5 days? Whatever it was, my heart rate scaled nicely with my effort, the way it's supposed to. 275 watts felt like 20% more than 250, the way it's supposed to (I know, technically it's 10% more so 20% doesn't sound good, but it would usually feel like 50% greater effort, maybe more!). We didn't ride very fast, but just a bit faster than pilot Kevin was up to, so I hung back with him when kid Kevin and JR picked up the pace a bit. We climbed out of the fog a few minutes past Kings, and for reasons unknown, the pavement was never wet, so our bike didn't get trashed. Yet another nice thing. Since you still can't get through West Old LaHonda on a weekday, we rode up across the top and descended WOLH to the scenic overlook, checking out the work being done not just on the main section of missing road, but also noticed that they're getting some work done on the upper section where it slid away a few years ago. ![]() Somehow it all added up to a fantastic morning on a bike. |
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