Giro Di Peninsula
On Saturday, I did the Giro Di Peninsula which is a century ride that takes you from the race track in San Mateo to Woodside, down to the coast, back to Woodside and then over to the Los Altos hills. It was pretty and we covered some roads in Los Altos that I hadn’t been on before. I almost missed the ride because my alarm clock didn’t go off in the morning. or maybe it did and I accidentally turned it off. In any case, the ride started at 6:30 but I didn’t roll out of bed until 6:15 so I started at 7:15. Not a big deal, but it meant that I had to pick up my pace a little in order to get to the rest stops before they closed or ran out of food. It was my first long ride in 3 weeks and it felt good to be back in the saddle.
Here’s a map of the route someone created on Bikely. The person who created this map apparently finished the ride in 6 1/2 hrs. I finished in 9 hrs. Still, I’m happy with my time because it’s faster than the first century I did 3 months ago and there was much more climbing in this one (7,000 ft)! one day though, I really would like to be speedy. I don’t know if it’s possible for me to ever be speedy given that I’m a small person with short legs. maybe if i grew wings!
