Woohoo, I got sunburned today!
02-17-07, 09:08 PM
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Woohoo, I got sunburned today!
We had exceptional weather is NorCal today. The forecast was for a high of 73 deg., so I planned a longer than usual club ride so that we could take advantage of it.
I rolled out the door this morning at 0830, not wearing vest, arm warmers, knee warmers, toecovers, or long-fingered gloves. The ride, as advertised, was 67 miles and about 6,000 ft of climbing. Combined with my ride to and from the ride start location, I managed 80 miles.
The sun was out and there was not a cloud in the sky. We rode over to the coast the easier way and returned the harder way - two medium climbs on Stage Road, a longer and steeper climb up Haskins Hill from Pescadero, and finally up West Alpine. Had a blast descending Page Mill! Caught up to one car about halfway down and he was kind enough to pull over and let me pass.
Finally, to top it all off, there was a nice tail wind from Los Altos back to Cupertino.
When I got back and took my shower, I realized that I had gotten a sunburn of my arms!
Tomorrow cooler weather will be back and we're going to head up to the city to watch the ToC Prologue, so I'm glad I got the big miles
I rolled out the door this morning at 0830, not wearing vest, arm warmers, knee warmers, toecovers, or long-fingered gloves. The ride, as advertised, was 67 miles and about 6,000 ft of climbing. Combined with my ride to and from the ride start location, I managed 80 miles.
The sun was out and there was not a cloud in the sky. We rode over to the coast the easier way and returned the harder way - two medium climbs on Stage Road, a longer and steeper climb up Haskins Hill from Pescadero, and finally up West Alpine. Had a blast descending Page Mill! Caught up to one car about halfway down and he was kind enough to pull over and let me pass.
Finally, to top it all off, there was a nice tail wind from Los Altos back to Cupertino.When I got back and took my shower, I realized that I had gotten a sunburn of my arms!
Tomorrow cooler weather will be back and we're going to head up to the city to watch the ToC Prologue, so I'm glad I got the big miles
02-17-07, 09:09 PM
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Sun??? I don't remember this thing called sun.
02-17-07, 09:13 PM
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i got a little roasted today too out in joshua tree. Looks like it was fantastic weather across california.
02-17-07, 09:20 PM
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Oh yeah well we had temps that broke 20 f for the first time in over two weeks and we only got 3 inches of snow. Boy I wish I was in ca. right now
02-17-07, 09:29 PM
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I had to ride my trainer cause the roads were too snowy/icy to ride outside but it got above 30 at least. I can't wait for spring.
02-17-07, 09:37 PM
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Ya, I got pretty burnt at our track race at UCSB today. It was a beautiful day to be in Cali today (although a little too warm for a 2 mile race, but I won't complain)
02-17-07, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by SteveE
We had exceptional weather is NorCal today. The forecast was for a high of 73 deg., so I planned a longer than usual club ride so that we could take advantage of it.
I rolled out the door this morning at 0830, not wearing vest, arm warmers, knee warmers, toecovers, or long-fingered gloves. The ride, as advertised, was 67 miles and about 6,000 ft of climbing. Combined with my ride to and from the ride start location, I managed 80 miles.
The sun was out and there was not a cloud in the sky. We rode over to the coast the easier way and returned the harder way - two medium climbs on Stage Road, a longer and steeper climb up Haskins Hill from Pescadero, and finally up West Alpine. Had a blast descending Page Mill! Caught up to one car about halfway down and he was kind enough to pull over and let me pass. Finally, to top it all off, there was a nice tail wind from Los Altos back to Cupertino.
When I got back and took my shower, I realized that I had gotten a sunburn of my arms!
Tomorrow cooler weather will be back and we're going to head up to the city to watch the ToC Prologue, so I'm glad I got the big miles
I rolled out the door this morning at 0830, not wearing vest, arm warmers, knee warmers, toecovers, or long-fingered gloves. The ride, as advertised, was 67 miles and about 6,000 ft of climbing. Combined with my ride to and from the ride start location, I managed 80 miles.
The sun was out and there was not a cloud in the sky. We rode over to the coast the easier way and returned the harder way - two medium climbs on Stage Road, a longer and steeper climb up Haskins Hill from Pescadero, and finally up West Alpine. Had a blast descending Page Mill! Caught up to one car about halfway down and he was kind enough to pull over and let me pass.
Finally, to top it all off, there was a nice tail wind from Los Altos back to Cupertino.When I got back and took my shower, I realized that I had gotten a sunburn of my arms!
Tomorrow cooler weather will be back and we're going to head up to the city to watch the ToC Prologue, so I'm glad I got the big miles
I rode the same area today, but a different route. We suffered on out 88 mile and 7900ft ride. Beautiful day and lots of riders on the roads. We saw team Liquigas go by, and ran into Credit Agrecole twice. I probably butchered the spelling of the team names but Im ttoo tired to look it up.
02-18-07, 07:56 PM
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i've got the farmer/cyclist/gravedigger tan in full effect already.
i love so cal!
if i was still in dallas i'd have gone postal by now.
i love so cal!
if i was still in dallas i'd have gone postal by now.
02-18-07, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by clutchy
i got a little roasted today too out in joshua tree. Looks like it was fantastic weather across california.
02-18-07, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by kmkurdone
It was a beautiful day to be in Cali today
)i believe it hit 74 yesteday, went on a ride. i've got to cherish these days while they last...too soon it will be 104-110
