Saturday, April 13 in Gilroy, California: I woke up much earlier than I wanted to at 6:45, & headed down to Gilroy. It took about an hour to get to Gavilan College, and once there I geared up, stretched, and went and checked in. Denise & Ralph arrived shortly after me, and after checking in, we [...]
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2002 Tierra Bella 65k Ride Report
Posted in Bicycling, tagged half century, tierra bella on 13 May, 2002 | Leave a Comment »
2002 Primavera Century Ride Report
Posted in Bicycling, tagged primavera century on 13 May, 2002 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday, April 21 in Union City, California: My alarm rudely interrupted my sleep at 5:45, I got up, chugged down a bottle of Spiz, suited up, and rode off to the ride start at Logan High School in Union City at 6:20. The Primavera Century is the only Bay Area century that’s close enough to [...]
2002 Solvang Double Century Ride Report
Posted in Bicycling, tagged double century, solvang double on 13 April, 2002 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday, March 23 in Solvang, California: Before the ride: I left Fremont at 11 on Friday morning after putting in a half day of work. Since I had plenty of time, I decided to drive down Highway 1 instead of 101. I hadn’t been on Highway 1 south of Monterey as an adult, and was [...]
2002 Solvang Century Ride Report
Posted in Bicycling, tagged solvang century on 13 April, 2002 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday, March 09 in Solvang, California: This was my first organized ride (and first century) of 2002, so of course, I was really looking forward to it! I did the50-mile route last year, which was pretty good, but the 100 was rumoured to be much nicer. On Friday at 11am, I left Fremont and drove [...]
2001 Knoxville Double Century Ride Report
Posted in Bicycling, tagged double century, knoxville double on 13 October, 2001 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday, September 29 in Vacaville, California: This ride was to be my third double century for 2001 (and my third double century ever, for that matter), the other two being Davis and the Grand Tour, and, if I finished it, completion of the California Triple Crown, and all of the bragging rights that confers I was pretty anxious [...]










