Archive for August, 2007

35 miles, Lisa does great

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

The ride today started in Los Altos and wound up the peninsula and back, covering just under 35 miles in around 2 hours. I was pleased to be able to maintain a good pace, and I feel the group was a little stronger than last week. More importantly, Lisa was ...

First Team Ride

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

Based on the time trials last week we went out in groups of about 7 riders plus a coach. I was thrilled and a little surprised to find myself in the fastest group. There are other riders participating that certainly look faster than me (or at least, they have better ...

Time Trials

Saturday, August 11th, 2007

The organization of the TNT events is amazing. Everything is carefully coreographed with great care. I'm very impressed.  This second ride is designed to sort the riders into groups of 6 to 8 people who have a similar riding pace. We all set out in blocks of 4 and gradually broke ...

So I’m Riding a Century And Raising Money For Leukaemia Research

Sunday, August 5th, 2007

I've been a moderately keen cyclist for the past few years. I have a good road bike and a tolerable mountain bike and I was riding 30 miles once a week, and running 5 miles.  In July I started riding more, partly to take advantage of the good weather, and also ...