THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, TEAM IN TRAINING PARTICIPANTS, LOARD'S ICE CREAM CUSTOMERS, AND THE BRENTWOOD COMMUNITY FOR MAKING OUR FUNDRAISER A SUCCESS. WE HIT OUR GOAL, THE FUNDRAISER MADE MORE THAN WE EXPECTED FOR A ONE DAY 4 HOUR EVENT ON A HOLIDAY WHEN PEOPLE WERE OUT OF TOWN. WE HAD RAFFLE PRIZES THAT WERE DONATED FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES, A 50/50 RAFFLE, PRIZE WHEEL, FACE PAINTING, VENDORS THAT DONATED BACK TO LLS, GLITTER TATTOOS, AND ICE CREAM.
WE SOLD RAFFLE TICKETS TO OUR TEAM AT THE SATURDAY COACHED RIDE, WE WERE HOPING THAT ONE OF THEM WOULD WIN THE 50/50 RAFFLE SO THEY COULD ADD THE MONEY TO THEIR FUNDRAISING BUT NO LUCK, MY LUCKY BOSS AT FEDEX WON. HE ALSO WON 2 QUARTERS OF OUR SUPER BOWL POOL FOR A CURE.
IT'S SUCH A RELIEF TO HAVE ALL OUR FUNDRAISING DONE. ONE LESS THING ON OUR PLATE SO WE CAN CONCENTRATE ON OUR TRAINING AND GETTING OUR HOUSE BACK IN ORDER. WHAT A MESS..SORRY NO PICTURE OF THAT...LOL
WE HAVE BEEN HAVING SOME GREAT RIDES. WE DID A 50 MILE BUDDY RIDE WITH OUR TEAM IN TRAINING FRIENDS TO CALAVERAS RES. LAST SUNDAY... BEAUTIFUL..BUT I DIDN'T TAKE ANY PICTURES...I WAS TOO BUSY TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THESE TWO FAST GUYS...
THIS LAST SATURDAY WE HAD A COACHED RIDE WITH TEAM IN TRAINING IN LIVERMORE. WE GOT IN 70 MILES SO WE CAN SAY WE DID A METRIC CENTURY NOW. EVERYBODY WAS FEELING GREAT AT THE END OF THE RIDE THAT I TALKED TO. I FELT REALLY GOOD... I DIDN'T DO THAT MANY MILES DURING THE WEEK SO I WAS REALLY FRESH. I WAS ABLE TO RIDE WITH COACH WAYNE. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THAT, I LOOK UP TO COACH WAYNE. I'M GLAD I WAS HAVING A GOOD DAY SO I FELT I COULD KEEP UP WITH HIM. THE WILD ONES WERE ACTUALLY RIDING LIKE THE WILD ONES ON SATURDAY. WE WERE NOT THE STOP AND GOES AT ALL. WE ONLY HAD ONE UNSCHEDULED BATHROOM STOP. NO FLAT TIRES OR EXTRA BATHROOM STOPS. WE HAD A NICE FAST PACELINE GOING AND DID OUR NORMAL CLIMB AT YOUR OWN PACE AND MEET AT THE TOP.
HEATHER HAD A GREAT RIDE ALSO.
SHE LOOKS SO HAPPY WHEN SHE IS RIDING WITH THE GROUP. HEATHER IS TRAINING REALLY HARD, AND LISTENING TO ALL THE TIPS THAT SHE IS GETTING FROM ME AND THE BRENTWOOD BIKE CLUB. I SAW HEATHER DESCENDING FROM THE FALSE SUMMIT ON CALAVARAS, SHE LOOKED FAST AND WAS YELLING OUT GO TEAM TO EVERYBODY AS SHE WAS RIPPING DOWN THE HILL.... NO PICTURES OF THE THAT EITHER. I WAS TOO BUSY TRYING TO STAY WITH THE GUYS THAT USUALLY OUT CLIMB ME.
WHEN I GOT TO THE FALSE SUMMIT I WAS ABLE TO MESS WITH MY BUDDY GARY WHO WAS SAG WHILE HE LET HIS KNEE HEAL. HE WILL BE RIDING WITH US NEXT WEEK FOR OUR LONGEST RIDE OF THE TRAINING IN HALF MOON BAY.
I ACTUALLY CONVINCED GARY TO FEED ME POTATOES BECAUSE MY GLOVES WERE ON. I CAN'T BELIEVE NOBODY GOT A PICTURE OF THAT. I WAS LAUGHING SO HARD, AND HE DID A GREAT JOB COOKING THOSE POTATOES BY THE WAY.
I KNOW IT'S NOT A RACE AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ARE DOING THIS FOR.. BUT IT FELT REALLY GOOD TO PASS JIM'S HAREM FINALLY.... MUSTANG SALLY LOVES TO POKE FUN AT US BECAUSE THEY BEAT US BACK ALL THE TIME... WHEN WE PASSED I WAS LEADING MY GROUP AND I ROLLED REALLY CLOSE TO HER AND BLEW HER A BIG KISS AS WE SAILED BY THEM. A GREAT MOMENT FOR ME LOL. THE KID IN OUR GROUP DROPPED HIS CHAIN OFF THE BIG RING... I NOTICED WE DROPPED HIM, LET THE GROUP KNOW I WAS GOING BACK.. GOT HIM AND WE CAUGHT BACK UP TO THE GROUP AS THEY SOFT PEDALED FOR US.. AGAIN NO STOPPING THIS WEEK. THE KID ALSO HAD HIS KNEE BOTHER HIM ON THE CLIMB TO THE FALSE SUMMIT. HE USUALLY CLIMBS WITH ME BUT TODAY HE FELL BACK SO I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. HE PUSHED THROUGH THE PAIN AND TOOK IT EASY FOR SOME MILES AND FELT GOOD ON THE SECOND HALF OF THE RIDE AND WAS BACK UP TO SPEED ALL THE WAY TO THE FINISH. AT THE END HE JUMPED INTO SOME HOT LOOKING PJS.. NO WONDER HE CLIMBS GOOD LOOK HOW SKINNY HE IS... LOL
WE HAD ONE PROBLEM ON OUR RIDE THAT FORCED A STOP AND SOME TEMPERS TO FLAIR.. AND OF COURSE I WAS INVLOLVED.. DAMN I HATE WHEN I'M INVOLVED....SO HERE IS MY SIDE OF THE STORY.... WE WERE ABOUT 50 MILES INTO OUR RIDE AND JUST ABOUT TO GET TO OUR 2ND AND LAST SAG STOP. I WAS LEADING THE GROUP AND WAS LOOKING AT THE MAP.. ON A NICE BIG BIKE LANE ON CROW CANYON I BELIEVE... WELL I PASSED A PINE CONE AND DIDN'T SEE IT BECAUSE I WAS DOING THE MAP THING... WELL THE GUY BEHIND ME DIDN'T SEE IT AND DIDN'T MISS IT .. AND WOUND UP CRASHING INTO THE BUSHES...I HEARD THE COMOTION BEHIND ME AND SAW THE ACCIDENT.. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS MAYBE HE CROSSED WHEELS WITH ME AND I DIDN'T HOLD MY LINE AND HE WENT DOWN... BECAUSE AGAIN I NEVER SAW THE PINE CONE... WHEN I GOT BACK TO HIM AS HE CLIMBED OUT OF THE BUSHES... AND CHECKED HIMSELF AND THE BIKE.. I FELT A LIL HAUSTILITY TOWARDS ME AND HE WAS IRRITATED CUZ I DIDN'T CALL OUT THE CONE I DIDN'T SEE.... SO NOW I'M HOTT BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE BEING TALKED TO LIKE THAT.. SO I'M NOT PROUD OF IT BUT I WAS READY TO FIGHT AND HAD A LIL SMART MOUTH GOING. FOR YOU THAT DON'T KNOW ME, I GO FROM ZERO TO 100... AND NOW THE WAY I'M WIRED I FELT THAT EVERYTHING THIS GUYS WAS SAYING TO ME AND TO OTHERS WAS ABOUT ME AND HOW I MESSED UP AND BLAH BLAH BLAH... SO I WASN'T HAPPY THE REST OF THE RIDE...AND IT ALL COULD HAVE BEEN IN MY HEAD... AND PROBALLY WAS.. BUT I RODE MAD THE REST OF THE TRIP AND ROAD OUT IN FRONT AND IT FELT GOOD... I FELT FAST AND STRONG... AGAIN COULD OF ALL BEEN IN MY HEAD... BUT I DON'T THINK SO... LOL... AT THE END OF THE RIDE I HEARD ALOT OF TALK ABOUT A HEAD WIND...I FELT NOTHING....
I'M GOINGT TO CHALK IT UP TO A GUY WHO WAS MAD CUZ HE WENT DOWN AND ANOTHER HOT HEAD NOT WANTING TO BE TOLD HE DID SOMETHING WRONG... WE ALL SHOOK HANDS AT THE END OF THE RIDE AND SAID SEE YA NEXT WEEK SO IT'S ALL GOOD... BUT I WILL BE STRONG AGAIN NEXT WEEK.. IT FELT GOOD RIDING MAD AND BEING IN FRONT... PSYCHO SANTOS OUT....SORRY SOMEBODY GAVE ME THAT NAME FROM THE TEAM ...SO I NEED TO LIVE UP TO IT...LOL
OOPS ONE LAST THING... WE ATE LUNCH WITH LISA AND CRAZY MUSTANG SALLY... WOW SHE IS A MESS... BUT I GUESS THAT'S WHY WE LOVE HER AND I FEEL BLESSED TO HAVE MET HER THRU TEAM IN TRAINING... BUT SHE CLEANS UP GOOD .. SHE WAS AT OUR FUNDRAISER LOOKING HOT. HER HUSBAND IS A LUCKY MAN....LOVE YOU SALLY
