TBO, Daniel and myself took a nice jaunt down the Peninsula today with this permanent; I chose this route as I wanted to check out the new Devil’s Slide multi-use path and it didn’t disappoint — the views are stunning!
The Davis Bike Club’s 300k was my inaugural ride with this group — and my longest ride for this year’s training season to date. I’d been riding a ton of 200k brevets and permanents in preparation for the longer events looming before me on the calendar. With all of those miles in my legs, I felt ready to tackle this 186-mile out-and-back ride which starts in Davis and heads northwest to Cobb Mountain, the turnaround point.
Leave it to me to pick a hot and windy Saturday to ride 212 kilometers in the South Bay!
The “Hana Hiatus 200k” was no vacation from challenges; it was filled with extreme heat, climbs and rutted roads within 126 miles. Definitely one of the hardest rides I’ve ever done, hands down.
I’m ramping up the miles for the California Central Coast Randonnée 1200k I’ll be riding in August, so I’m trying to squeeze in as many 200k brevets and permanents as I can in one month.