Since work had me in Calgary this week, i was able to get a week ride in as well. Took the big bike and Toby up Tuscany ravines. Felt big bike! Who thought I'd miss my cross bike on single track and ice.
Saturday we ended up doing a similar ride to previous weekend. Shawn was clear in his wants; no less than 4 hrs and lots of pedaling. I was hoping for hard but shorter. In the end we got a pretty good long ride. Going through the valley after our awesome lunch stop was a great choice. With the blue sky and the little bit of snow cover. Beautiful. I love this route.
Legs had a great hard effort and little got done after ride.
Sunday I started thinking I should solo ride it to get a short ride and time to pack bike and get it ready for race. But too hard to turn down group ride. Warmed up with Craig down to south ride coffee shop. Didn't have to ask for my mocha this time! They knew...
Ride started as always through glenmore, skipped most of single track as we had the biggest group so far and hikers are not always to happy or impressed with out skinny bikes on their trials. Most of the ride until this point had my mind is to getting race bike ready and packing. When we got to Fishcreek I made the hard call of going east. Watched the group cruise down the road onwards to a great south ride. Mark and Andrea joined for part of fish creek and then it was solo back to the city along the river. Great day again but it was nice to get home in time to do some bike work.
Bike is now packed and next is spare parts, tools, some food and a few things to wear. On track for Friday. Fitness will be what it is; couple of weeks and we will know how weekend cramming works in the fitness world. And really; don't make much of a difference as I couldn't or wouldn't have done it much different, the weekend rides are so much more than getting fit, it's about the adventure and joy of sharing common interests or passions. And Spain will just be an extended group ride; the rides will be experienced through the daily stories about the adventure we all had, and told by the best story tellers, with no interruptions of work or other life commitments :)
Happy riding!
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