Yesterday was our TNT 'Buddy Ride' and it took place at DVC-Pleasant Hill. Since there was acutally no ride beyond skills work in the parking lot I rode the 20 miles each way. Talk about contrast, the ride to DVC was blessed with no wind and smooth road. The ride home was a battle against the wind and traffic.
I guess I should begin at the start (how logical). When I headed to DVC on the first leg, it was around 7:30 and no one was up and about and the wind was non-existent. After three hours at a very useful skills clinic put on by TNT Head Coach Wayne, I rode the 20+ miles back. On the return trip, all the lights were against me and the winds felt like I was in the 580 corridor heading west up Schaeffer (imagine something that really sucks here). Let me provide some numeric data for comparison. For the ride out I was around 2o mph average until Pleasant Hill where the lights knocked my average to just under 18. The average on the way home was around 14-15 mph (but felt way, way slower). Along the way, I really wanted to call home and say "please save me from the wind." Thankfully, I actually saw Joe Yamin on the way home and after miles of chasing him the traffic lights finally conspired to stop him so I could catch up. We rolled the rest of the way from Danville to San Ramon together which made it a bit more bearable since we could both complain.
In any case all the current riding is being undertaken in the service of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and ALS Association (battling Lou Gehrig's disease).
Today's photo is of an early season ride.
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