OUR FIRST RIDE UP MT. DIABLO

here is a link to our Diablo ride per garmin garmin
WE TOOK OUR FIRST RIDE UP MT. DIABLO TODAY. WE HAD TO ASK ALOT OF FAVORS OF PEOPLE TO GET A MID WEEK RIDE IN. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR ALL YOUR HELP... WE HAD KIDS EVERYWHERE, AND OUR WORKERS COVERED FOR HEATHER AT LOARDS. I TOOK THE BIKES TO WORK WITH ME AND MET HEATHER AT SPORTS BASEMENT IN WALNUT CREEK.THE GUYS AT WORK HAD TO MAKE FUN OF THE FACT THAT THE BIKES ARE WORTH MORE THAN THE CAR I HAULED THEM AROUND WITH... MY BOX IS SO COOL THAT CAN'T EVEN HANDLE IT...LOL. WE USED SPORTS BASEMENT'S PARKING LOT TO START OUR RIDE. WE TOOK IT EASY UP THE HILL BECAUSE WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. SOME PEOPLE SAY ITS EASY SOME PEOPLE SAY YOUR AREN'T READY SOME PEOPLE SAY WATCH OUT FOR THE WALL... ALL I CAN SAY, I FELT LIKE I GOT A GOOD WORK OUT IN... I FEEL MY LEGS RIGHT NOW AS I'M TYPING...WE MET SOME NICE PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY... AT THE RANGER STATION.. A COUPLE GUYS REALLY ENCOURAGED US.THEY SEEMED IMPRESSED WE WERE GOING TO THE SUMMIT ON OUR FIRST TIME ON THE MT. AND THEN WE GOT PASSED BY 3 GUYS AND THEN WE CAUGHT BACK UP WITH THEM AND RODE THE LAST 2 MILES OR SO WITH THEM. YOU KNOW HOW HEATHER IS .. SHE DOESN'T LIKE TO GET PASSED. HIM AND HEATHER TALKED ALL THE WAY UP.. HE HAS A COUPLE OF KIDS AND RODE UP TO THE SNOW TOWING HIS 6 YEAR OLD ON A TRAILER BIKE... GREAT PICS OF IT SNOWING ON THEM.. HARDCORE..HIS BLOG IS http://cycling-through.blogspot.com/ I JUST WENT TO HIS BLOG.. HE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT MEETING US ON HIS... VERY COOL GUY... WE HAVE MET SO MANY COOL PEOPLE IN OUR SHORT TIME IN THIS SPORT.. HE WAS TELLING US GOING UP THE HILL THAT HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE LIKES MORE.. THE RIDE UP THE MT. OR MEETING AND TALKING WITH PEOPLE... I CAN'T WAIT TO DO THE RIDE AGAIN.. I WOULD LIKE TO DO IT FASTER NEXT TIME...MAYBE I'LL TRY TO DO THIS RIDE ONCE A MONTH...
AND I HAVE TO SAY HOW IMPRESSED WITH HEATHER I AM. SHE HAS IMPROVED SO MUCH IN SUCH A SHORT TIME... SHE RODE AWESOME TODAY... GO HEATHER... SHE KEEPS ME ON MY TOES.. CUZ MIKE SANTOS WILL NOT GET OUT CLIMBED BY HIS WIFE...LOL...