Date of Ride: Jan 19, 2008
Type of Ride: Mixed group/solo
Name of organized ride or route: Echelon Saturday Ride
Actual Mileage: 102.78 (63.47 group/39.31 solo)
Ride Time: 5:38:41 (3:18:48 group/2:20:27 solo)
Total Time: 9:21:08
Avg. Speed: 18.2 (19.16 group/16.79 solo)
Altitude Climbed: 5,980 (Edge 305, reported by MotionBased)
Weather conditions: Light breeze through the morning, Windy in the late afternoon/evening
Synopsis of Ride: The usual saturday morning club 'A' ride, with an small group extending out to Refugio/'Circle Bar B'. I was pushing the pace up a little higher than usual in the group and almost bridged a huge gap on the run up to the Glen Annie sprint after Bill took off with another guy (that I didn't know). I held off the group and came in third behind them. After Refugio, we cruised back to and through Goleta and [Bill, Sean, and I] hung out at Peet's for nearly 2 hours with Carlos. I continuied on my way at an easy crusing pace to the end of Padaro (just outside of Carpinteria), and looped back towards Summerland, stopping to pick up dinner for me and Kim at Cafe Luna. Stopped at her office for a while and had dinner with her, then continued on to FasTrak to investigate TT frame options. Finally arrived at home at dusk, which is good since I didn't have any lights...