10
Mar

Off to the gym, golfing and…..

categories Cycling, Golf, Thoughts    

Well this morning, I’m off to the gym for a short treadmill and weight workout, instead of my normal bike ride.

I’m playing in a golf tournament today, and I have a 10:30 AM tee time, which doesn’t provide enough time to ride, shower and then get to the tournament without being totally rushed.

Besides I went for a hard ride to Turnbull Canyon yesterday in anticipation of this. I also plan on doing a hard ride tomorrow, so I can afford to skip a day, plus a short run and weight workout is a good change of pace.

As a final note, I don’t expect to be continuing this blog, after this post. It has become too difficult trying figure out which posts are more appropriate for this blog or for my Living wiht MCL blog, so I don’t see the point of this blog anymore.

When I have something to say or report, I will simply do it on my Living wiht MCL blog.

4
Mar

A better start to today

categories Cycling, Thoughts    

It was 57oF when I left the house for my morning bike ride. Didn’t even need long tights. It definitely looks like spring is rapidly approaching. And the wind never materialized as expected.

We had a slight tail wind, as we headed south along the coast, which made for nice comfortable ride to our first rest stop, around 16 miles from the start. The ride did get a little harder as we continued south for some hill climbing up Newport Coast Road followed by Spyglass hill.

I didn’t perform as I might have hoped, but I did do a hard ride yesterday, plus I rode my old bike, which doesn’t have quite the same feel, but I still beat 3 of the 9 riders up both hills.

All in all I was happy, and feeling good. Things definitely looking up!

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