finally, back to biking...

Well, after 3 weeks of no real bike riding, I finally got on the bike again yesterday. It's been a bit busy at work--so no riding, and I only managed a few times on the indoor trainer which really isn't the same as getting out there and biking in the real outdoors!

We have been trying to cross-train however, and this last Saturday (May 5), we went to the Arthritis Walk in San Jose:

That's Vienna giving Mel a work-out.

And look here...here's the next generation of CA Coast Classic riders! Maybe I can get some pointers from Tyler:


We did not make much progress today, unfortunately, since it was the first ride for me in such a long time and the first one for Mel after her big bike crash down the cliff (she had her bike checked out and it is okay, although just missing the magnet for the cadence meter). She had to work with some itchy legs throughout the ride...

That's some nasty poison oak!

In fact, I think we took a few steps backwards in our progress. We were slow and it didn't help things much that it was such a hot day today! I think I got a bit dehydrated, despite drinking up my entire Camelbak, which was about half full (so 1 Liter). We got too much sun today and we finished up tired and hungry. The climbs felt harder even though we had done them before and we just felt sluggish overall. We were again on Canada road, riding out past Filoli to the closed area of the road, then back again into Woodside, where we took a long break. Then, we rode into Huddart Park again, but could not make it all the way up to the entrance as we had done before. Well, something is better than nothing! We definitely need to catch up and will try to get in a mid-week ride this week.


At least I will have some new biking clothes to wear since Mel and I visited the Pearl Izumi outlet store today in Milpitas (we went after the ride: we chose between going shopping or taking a long nap, so we went shopping). This upcoming week:
writing and riding!