Training camp UPDATE # 7 - 2010- Santa Barbra

Training camp UPDATE # 7 - 2010- Santa Barbra

Day # 10 Monday - 3/1/10
Easy solo recovery ride out along ocean to Carpentaria.

Day # 11 Tuesday - 3/2/10
Worlds loop & ride around Santa Barbra nice day !!! Then more work in Garden & guys showed up so another ride up in the lower hills.

Day # 12 Wed - 3/3/10
Figaro climb – Guys all rode I drove car to Los Lovias, I did not have legs for 10,000 feet of climbing and a plan of 110 miles. I ended up doing 4000’ climbing and 40 miles, that was more then enough. I froze my ass off and suffered most of the last ½ of the climb.

Day # 13 Thurs - 3/4/10
I planned to do worlds loop with guys swing home get food & water then hit Gibraltar for a killer climb. Legs too shot. Called it a day after worlds loop and worked in Garden some more.

Day # 14 Fri - 3/5/10
This was an EPIC day for me we rode up the mountains to Solvang for lunch then back another way sorta around the mountains riding on Pacific coast Highway.

How do I best describe the day -> FAST PACE & Suffering, Pain, Good Friends, Scared silly on Route 101 decent, Destroyed, But fun day.

Day # 15 Sat - 3/6/10
Recovery ride with Dave H & Cliff . Then off to watch Gary race in local Goleta CRIT. I was planning to do this but thurs PM showed sat as a total rain out so legs used up on Friday. No way I could race sat. Gary did real good got 2nd in P123 race. Right after race it poured .....

Day # 16 Sun - 3/6/10
Worlds loop and maybe one last big climb will have to see how legs feel. Then wine tasting & pack up.