It's hot out there!

Hi all,
It is hot! Andy and I rode in the Sunrise Century this past Saturday. Andy rode in the 1oo mile route and I rode in the 100K (63 mile) route. It was a hot day but there were no problems between the two of us. We think there were a lot less people riding this year because the parking lot was hardly full and there weren't many people on the rode. When I rode the stretch of Clements Road which is abou 11 miles, I didn't see anyone ahead of me and no one passed me. I definitely felt like I was riding alone. However after the Linden High School rest stop there were two guys who said "let's follow her she seems to know what she'd doing". I thought Hah! Little do they know how I can miss a turn! So from that point on to the end there were a few ahead of me and a few behind me. Andy thought the same thing that there weren't many people on his route. He said he was largely alone around Comanche area. The food was good at the end. They had huge pieces of chicken and generous slices of tri tip. After we ate we headed home stopping off for a hot mocha (Andy) and a coffee light frappucino for me.

Yesterday we rode with the Bella Fiore girls from Auburn (at the Bicycle Emporium bike shop) to Colfax. Andy and I had never been on this route. It ended up being 33 miles and 2600-2700 feet of climbing. It was a nice ride. There was no route map and we ended up missing a turn but I like the route we ended up on. It was well-shaded and pretty. The hills are mostly rollers with one hill which was pretty tough. It was almost anti-climactic when we got to the turn around point. I had no idea we were in Colfax when we did the turnaround. We rode back through the town of Meadow Vista which was a cute rest stop. On the way back it was mostly downhill(Weee!!) with an occasional hill to climb. Overall it was a nice ride. At the end we turned from Auburn Ravine Road onto Palm and Palm is short steep up at that point. I was not in the right gear and had to climb and do a slow grind to get over the little hill. We packed our stuff up at the end and then headed to Safeway to get a bagel for lunch. Lunch was an egg (you need that protein) and a bagel. After showering and lunch we went to Big 5 and bought Andy a new sleeping bag on sale (for Sierra to the Sea) and a new pair of swim trunks. After we came back I did two loads of laundry and we relaxed and ate dinner in.
So that was our weekend. Hope you had a good weekend also.
Clyde