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Wendy – you had me smiling when I saw your cheer squad! Thanks so much!!! Glad you had fun!! Happy birthday to DH! Sounds like a great time!!! Yes, Webber does kick butt!! I love TGU’s – they work me like nothing else!
Dallas – I got your email in time. Your loved ones rode with me. Oh, Big Sur, yeah, and the photos don’t do it justice. It’s an incredible spot! We’ll be there next year! Come on down!
Cathy – YEAH on the 13 miles!! Way to go!!! The positive vibes and energy helped! I’m feeling pretty darned good! I’ve read some of Janet Evanovich’s books. I enjoy them. Rant sounds intense!
Gloria – Thanks! I sooo enjoyed the ride!! Having friends who work out is great, isn’t it?
Carole – Sorry you still had some smoke! Good job with the 6 miles while feeling beat!
Well, the ride went very well. I really enjoyed it. My time was 3 hours and 45 minutes, which is a little slow, but that’s okay – for not really having ridden more than 30 miles, I’m happy. I’m feeling good now, very good, actually. I’m going to cheat a little and copy most of the letter I sent out, so forgive me for being redundant. I just don’t want to retype it all.
Yes, Lance rode along with us. No, I did not see him on the ride (I’ll bet very few people did – no one can keep up with him!!), but to know I was riding in the same event as Lance Armstrong is pretty powerful. I also got to ride with a cancer survivor. My company’s VP of Support’s sister-in-law is a breast cancer survivor and has been for a year. I loved getting to know her as well. I was also approached many times because of the number of people I was riding for.
The ride was fun. We started off in downtown San Jose. The streets were closed so we had them to ourselves. What a powerful sight as thousands of cyclists filled the streets of downtown! San Jose is in the middle of the Silicon Valley, so it’s fairly flat in the middle, but we have mountains on both sides, and we rode both sides. We started by heading to the west through Saratoga and Los Gatos. We hit some minor hills, then we had a killer climb heading in Campbell. The hill was deceptive – it did not look as if it should be as hard as it was! I hate those kinds of hills! But, at least it was behind us and we had a fun, curvy downhill back into the valley.
We rode to the far reaches of San Jose, and then finally started heading East. Around mile 30 we started the big climb up into Silver Creek Country Club. The East side of San Jose has no trees, so the climb was brutal as the breeze had died, but fortunately, just as many of the riders decided to walk, we turned a corner, the hill lessened and a breeze came up. I have never appreciated a breeze more! Once over the hill we had a fun downhill (I got up to 40 mph) then had a shape right turn and another uphill, although not nearly as bad as the first. Then it was down hill from there, and what a relief that was! From there it was smooth sailing to the finish line! I’m feeling good and ready to go for another ride, but not today.
Thanks again Cheetahs! I’m honored to know y’all!
Dallas – I got your email in time. Your loved ones rode with me. Oh, Big Sur, yeah, and the photos don’t do it justice. It’s an incredible spot! We’ll be there next year! Come on down!
Cathy – YEAH on the 13 miles!! Way to go!!! The positive vibes and energy helped! I’m feeling pretty darned good! I’ve read some of Janet Evanovich’s books. I enjoy them. Rant sounds intense!
Gloria – Thanks! I sooo enjoyed the ride!! Having friends who work out is great, isn’t it?
Carole – Sorry you still had some smoke! Good job with the 6 miles while feeling beat!
Well, the ride went very well. I really enjoyed it. My time was 3 hours and 45 minutes, which is a little slow, but that’s okay – for not really having ridden more than 30 miles, I’m happy. I’m feeling good now, very good, actually. I’m going to cheat a little and copy most of the letter I sent out, so forgive me for being redundant. I just don’t want to retype it all
.Yes, Lance rode along with us. No, I did not see him on the ride (I’ll bet very few people did – no one can keep up with him!!), but to know I was riding in the same event as Lance Armstrong is pretty powerful. I also got to ride with a cancer survivor. My company’s VP of Support’s sister-in-law is a breast cancer survivor and has been for a year. I loved getting to know her as well. I was also approached many times because of the number of people I was riding for.
The ride was fun. We started off in downtown San Jose. The streets were closed so we had them to ourselves. What a powerful sight as thousands of cyclists filled the streets of downtown! San Jose is in the middle of the Silicon Valley, so it’s fairly flat in the middle, but we have mountains on both sides, and we rode both sides. We started by heading to the west through Saratoga and Los Gatos. We hit some minor hills, then we had a killer climb heading in Campbell. The hill was deceptive – it did not look as if it should be as hard as it was! I hate those kinds of hills! But, at least it was behind us and we had a fun, curvy downhill back into the valley.
We rode to the far reaches of San Jose, and then finally started heading East. Around mile 30 we started the big climb up into Silver Creek Country Club. The East side of San Jose has no trees, so the climb was brutal as the breeze had died, but fortunately, just as many of the riders decided to walk, we turned a corner, the hill lessened and a breeze came up. I have never appreciated a breeze more! Once over the hill we had a fun downhill (I got up to 40 mph) then had a shape right turn and another uphill, although not nearly as bad as the first. Then it was down hill from there, and what a relief that was! From there it was smooth sailing to the finish line! I’m feeling good and ready to go for another ride, but not today.
Thanks again Cheetahs! I’m honored to know y’all!
