Attacking the Hills

Had the kind of day where the tough hills felt easy. Black Road with Gist option went really well, then Alba felt like a breeze. We pushed hard up the last hill of the day Mountain Charlie and nailed it. My pulse was dropping in the 80's on the descents indicating form is coming. I also noticed that I could microburst on the climbs up hammering up to a tree 100 feet ahead and then quickly recovering before doing it again. It was a good day. The main question, is how do you time a good day? It seems the last two big rides on my calendar I showed up nervous and could not get the heart below 100 on the early descents and I felt moderately ill, yet I could not determine if it was really something wrong, or just nerves. It must be just experience and realizing that you cant control all the variables in this game. Even though I had 4 flats, it was a nice day. I felt bad keeping Mike and Loren waiting as I changed them. We even had to make a special stop in Scott's Valley to hit a bike shop to load up on more tubes. Needless to say I am tossing out the offending tire. Typically, we were stopped for a autograph by the tifoso in Boulder Creek. Since my partners Levi and Freddy signed, I gave in. Gotta keep the fans happy I guess.



75 miles
7800 feet of Climbing