WE DID IT

WE DID IT... WE FINISHED OUR FIRST CENTURY. IT WAS A CHALLENGING RIDE DUE TO THE WIND BUT TEAM IN TRAINING HAD US READY... EVERYBODY WAS SMILING AT THE END OF THE RIDE AND NOBODY DROPPED OUT.... WE HEARD RUMOR THAT THE RIDE HAD A 25% DROP RATE.. SO WE WERE HAPPY TO NOT BE PART OF THAT....DID YOU NOTICE THE TROLLEY ON TOP OF THE HELMETS... THAT WAS TO IDENTIFY US AS THE SAN FRANCISCO TEAM... TEAM IN TRAINING HAD A TEXAS TEAM AND A LOS ANGELES TEAM THERE ALSO... THEY HAD THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN AND SOME COWBOY HATS.. IT WAS A CONVERSATION STARTER ON THE RIDE

IF YOU LOOK CLOSE AT MY FINGER NAILS YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY ARE PURPLE... TEAM IN TRAINING COLORS.... HEATHER AND THE GIRLS HAD FUN AT DINNER THE NITE BEFORE THE RIDE..ANOTHER CONVERSATION STARTER....






THANKS TO AMY AND CHRIS WE HAD ALL THE KIDS OUT THERE AS OUR VERY OWN CHEERING SECTION.. AND THE PICTURES FROM THE ROAD WERE AMY AND CHRIS DRIVING THE COURSE TRYING TO FIND US... IT WAS COOL AND A SPIRIT LIFTER TO SEE THEM FOR SURE....

HEATHER'S TEAM COMING INTO THE FINISH


NOTICE ALL THE BIG SMILES.....

THE PARTY AFTER THE RIDE.....THEY LOOK HOTT FOR JUST RIDING 100 MILES ONLY A FEW HOURS EARLIER

AND MY FAVORITE PART OF THE WHOLE THING... A KISS FROM COACH WAYNE...I LOVE THAT GUY

A QUICK STOP AT THE BEACH ON OUR WAY TO DISNEYLAND AFTER THE BIG RIDE....
CHECK BACK TO SEE OUR PLANS FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON... WE ARE FIGURING OUT FUTURE WITH TEAM IN TRAINING...WE MIGHT BE MENTORS... AND WE HAVE SOME MORE CENTURIES PLANNED AND I'M GOING TO HIT A FEW RACES AND CRITS..... WE WILL SEE HOW THAT GOES...LOL I HAVE TO CHECK THE OTHER 2 CAMERAS MIGHT HAVE A FEW MORE PICTURES TO POST

ITS FINALLY HERE

SOLVANG HERE WE COME.....
THE TIME IS FINALLY HERE.... WE ARE ONLY A COUPLE OF DAYS AWAY FROM THE BIG RIDE...
WE ARE LEAVING FRIDAY MARCH 12TH... THE KIDS ARE GOING TO SCHOOL JUST TO TAKE ROLL.. AND WE ARE HITTING THE ROAD BY 9. WE ARE HOPING TO BE IN SOLVANG BY 3 FOR A SHAKE DOWN RIDE WITH THE GROUP. THEN TEAM IN TRAINING IS HAVING A DINNER. A GOOD NITE SLEEP AND START THE RIDE BRIGHT AND EARLY SAT MORNING. MARCH 13.
IT'S WED NITE AND I'M WAITING FOR BROOKE TO GET OUT OF SWIMMING SO I CAN GET HOME AND FINISH PREPPING THE BIKES. HEATHER'S BIKE IS ON THE STAND NOW. IF I GET HER'S DONE TONIGHT I CAN DO MINES AFTER WORK THUR AND START PACKING.... OUR LIVES ARE SO CRAZY. WITH WORK AND RUNNING THE KID'S AROUND... UGGGGGHHHHH BUT SOMEHOW IT ALL GETS DONE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT THROUGHOUT OUR ADVENTURE. WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT ALL THE HELP FROM OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. CHECK BACK FOR THE POST ABOUT THE RIDE. WISH US LUCK

MORGAN TERRITORY AND DIABLO

LAST WEEK I DIDN'T FINISH MY BLOG... SOMETIMES LIFE GETS IN THE WAY OF THE FUN STUFF..
BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO 2 GIRLS ON OUR TEAM THAT REALLY IMPRESSED ME LAST WEEK WHEN WE RODE IN HALF MOON BAY.. IT WAS A TUFF RIDE WITH ALOT OF CLIMBING AND THEY DID GREAT. KATHY CLIMBED SIDE BY SIDE WITH ME ALL DAY.. I HAD TO MAN UP AND BEAT HER TO THE SUMMIT OF EACH CLIMB... NOT SAYING THAT SHE COULDN'T HAVE BEAT ME.. SHE PROBABLY WASN'T TRYING... LOL AND MARY WAS RIGHT BEHIND US ALL DAY... KUDOS TO YOU GALS.

OK NOW TO THIS WEEK... THE MORGAN TERRITORY DIABLO LOOP WAS ALSO A TUFF RIDE. SHORTER THAN THE HALF MOON BAY RIDE.. BUT MORE CLIMBING... 65 MILES WITH 6800 FEET OF CLIMBING.
THE DESCENT INTO LIVERMORE FROM TOP OF MORGAN TERRITORY WAS GREAT... FAST AND SMOOTH.. I THINK I HEARD PEOPLE CALL THIS THE PLUNGE.... I HEARD SOME OF THE TEAM WANTING TO CLIMB BACK UP JUST TO DO THE DESCENT AGAIN... THAT'S A LIL CRAZY BUT IT WAS FUN. OUR TEAM STARTED OUT BIG BUT FINSIHED SMALL.. 11 TURNED INTO 6 AND 5 BECAUSE OF 2 FLATS IN A BLOCK OF EACH OTHER... THEN ANOTHER FLAT AND THEN A RIDER SWITCHING GROUPS THEN LAST DROP WAS A RIDER THAT DIDN'T GO TO THE SUMMIT. SO 11 TURNED INTO 3 GOING TO THE SUMMIT.
WE MET HEATHER'S GROUP AT THE RANGER STATION AT THE JUNCTION AND ABOUT 7 OF US, A MIXTURE OF 2 TEAMS CLIMBED TO THE SUMMIT. SO THIS WEEK I HAVE TO BRAG ON MY WIFE HEATHER.. SHE CLIMBED HER BUTT OFF. ME AND MY CLIMBING PARTNER THE SKINNY KID DROPPED HER ABOUT A MILE IN .. AND THEN ABOUT 1/4 MILE FROM THE WALL SHE REELED US IN AND PASSED US... WOW.. I WAS IMPRESSED.. BUT YES I DID BEAT HER AND THE SKINNY KID UP THE WALL...
BUT THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE RIDE FOR ME WAS WATCHING THE JOY THE OTHER RIDERS HAD WHEN MAKING IT TO THE SUMMIT FOR THE FIRST TIME... IT WAS GREAT WATCHING THEM CELEBRATE...I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO STOP THINKING ABOUT IT SINCE... OK THAT'S IT .. FOR THIS WEEK...
WE ARE READY FOR SOLVANG.. OUR FIRST CENTURY... NEXT WEEKEND..... CANT WAIT.....BUT WE DON'T WANT THIS ADVENTURE TO END....BUT WE THINK WE HAVE MADE SOME LASTING FRIENDSHIPS.. JUST LIKE COACH WAYNE SAID WE WOULD SOME 14 WEEKS AGO AT THE KICK OFF RALLY. WE ARE EVEN PLANNING MONTHLY RIDES AND A 200 MILE SEATTLE TO PORTLAND RIDE WITH A COUPLE OF THE GUYS..

OH AND THE COW BELL.. OUR SAG HAD A COW BELL AND WAS RINGING IT ALL THE WAY UP THE CLIMBS.... IT WAS GREAT .. REALLY MOTIVATING.....LOL