On our travels to Cali last week, Christine and I had an opportunity to talk about a lot of things. One was here desire to join the club, the cycling club. She figured that if you can't beat them, join them.
This was the first full week of riding for her. I'd say she rode substantially more this first week than I did when I first started. I got in almost 80 miles over 5 days of riding while she bested over 60 over 4. Of the 60, 11 miles was up to Bald Peak State Park. All told for the day was over 1800 feet of climbing and a gambit of emotions. At the top of the climb, we sat a stared at the 5 peaks visible. Wow! What a view, again. It was nice to have her there with me. It was a hard climb, a whole lot harder than riding 1604 or Scenic Loop in SA. I didn't even find those rides till Jens started riding with me some 6 months later. Way to go Christine - welcome to the pain train.
The goal is to ride Reach the Beach in mid May together. I have no doubt that both of us will be ready. STP is only four months away. There needs to be three centuries between than and now. We'll get some more riding in this week.
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Welcome to the club Christine. I am glad to see Chris will have a wheel he can sit on while I am not around.
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