training ride? meh. i got no plan other than push hard. i like the bullets yesterday, so here are some more. today i:
strung together the hardest possible first 7 miles, taking me over the two toughest hills in my route planning toolbox, alameda and ralston.
encountered a headwind on the "easy" part of my ride, canada road.
encountered a tailwind on the way back, but it happened to be 90F at the time so it wasn't as nice as it oughtta ha been.
ran out of water.
filled up my water bottle on sawyer camp trail, where it was 95F. i feel like a true roadie, refilling my bottle!
pushed hard most of the way
encountered a tandem mountain bike. i talked to the dude on it about gearing and we leapfrogged a couple times. his ass-rider didn't say anything at all. i dont think she was into biking.
saw a guy with terribly burnt calves.
did not talk to any squirrels or bums.
considered climbing bunker hill (the arse end) as well, to bag the three toughest hills in my bag-o-tricks, but even after i'd come to my senses and declined, it turned out the road was blocked by the sheriff.
anyhow, it was difficult, it was hot, it was long, it was great.
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