I'm at 185 mi & 11,000 ft of climbing for the week. Today was my last big training ride before my climbing century on April 26. A group of us rode from our valley, up and over the hills into the next valley to visit a preserve for California poppies. It was an 85 mi ride with 6500 ft of climbing and the ride back home was brutal with nasty headwinds as we climbed back over that hill. But it was a great ride and the poppies were beautiful.



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