Enjoying Life in West Sonoma County

Organic Athlete Stage Race, Stages 1 and 2. This was a 30 mile road race and a 8 mile time trial over a very hilly course. I got dropped on a fairly early climb and fought my way back to finish…

Endurance Pace with LT drills. Rode the SRCC time check on Graton, down BoHo, out to Duncan Mills, then climbed King Ridge, Hauser Bridge, back on Fort Ross Rd. then came up River Road and took…

Endurance pace ride. Just a nice easy ride through West County, kept pace at a brisk level, but did not push it much. Stopped for a smoothie at Starbucks which was yummy. Total elevation climbed…

VO2 drills on Sweetwater Springs, Mays Canyon and Green Valley. Felt really good after yesterday’s rest day and was able to really push it up Sweetwater. Beat my PB for the year by 3:30 mins…

Endurance Pace Drills. Not really feeling like riding but needed to get some miles in as next week is a big race and event week, so I gutted it up and went out for an endurance paced ride. Still…

Marshall Loop. 5 sets of LT workouts for 30 minutes, two on climbs and three on rollers. It was cold and wet when we pushed off and really never warmed up. I was sluggish riding out Harrison…

Hill Intervals. Rode out Chalk Hill to do Hill Intervals on Pine Flat. It felt like my old Chicago summers, hot and humid and I felt it. My legs were tired and I was ramping to zone 5 way too…

Viva la Rivera Revolution Ride. The final Rivera ride of the year and was it a hot one, and I mean the temperature. This was the first time in the history of this ride that I can remember people…

Tempo Paced Ride. Rode 3 x 30 min high zone 3/low zone 4. Nice workout even if the temperatures are finally showing some life. Warm out on West Dry Creek, but was beautiful heading out on Mill…