Training Ride - June 29, 2008

No Dmitrij Sunday training ride today so RFA and I headed off on our own training ride on our singles. We slept in until 8 AM (which was delightful after getting up both weekend days the previous week for races) and didn't get rolling on the road until about 10:30 starting at Canada and Edgewood. I felt some tightness in the the backs of my legs when I first got up after yesterday's "practice crit" at the Velogirls clinic, but that quickly dissipated with warm up. We headed north on Canada for a few miles of warm-up and then turned around. There was still a chill in the air. We headed out Tripp Road and up Portola Valley - stopping for a bio break at Windy Hills and to strip off the base layer, vest and arm warmers. Down Alpine and out Arastradero, Purissima and the short climb up Elena, around Foothill College, back out Foothill with the mandatory stop at Peet's in Los Altos Hills. Not much action at Peet's - the Webcor A ride was just coming in as we were leaving. Back home up Alpine, down Portola, Mountain Home, and back out Canada to the car. A good 42 miles (2:30); a good solid training ride with a focus on speed climbing. Took a nap & then off to Equinox for a weight work out (back and chest), situps, stretching and a steam.