Our team met in El Dorado Park at 7:30am for our route from Long Beach to Irvine and back. For the last 2 weeks, I have pondered over taking my training to the next level by joining the faster group. I felt excited to challenge myself and nervous about being able to hang with the pace. I was ecstatic I did because I loved every second of it! The group was very encouraging, supportive, and welcoming. Today was the perfect transition to step it up since our route wasn't as hilly and I was familiar with the area.
Coach Charlie met up with us on the road with his dance music blasting from his bike. He has a sports bottle which also functions as a speaker for an ipod. It was one of the coolest things I had seen today. In addition, one of the mentors from our group has a computer bike which is also a GPS. We actually missed a turn during our route so the computer bike came in really handy.
The weather was really windy especially during our ride back to the park; of course the sun came out when our route was almost over. Luckily, today's bike path was the friendliest bike route of all the trainings we have done since there was a bike lane 90% of the time. Overall, our group did 57 miles in 4 hours, 56 minutes averaging 15 miles per hour. The time includes 2 SAG (Support And Gear which is refueling our bodies and taking potty breaks) stops, stop signs, and street lights. Go Team!
Coach Charlie met up with us on the road with his dance music blasting from his bike. He has a sports bottle which also functions as a speaker for an ipod. It was one of the coolest things I had seen today. In addition, one of the mentors from our group has a computer bike which is also a GPS. We actually missed a turn during our route so the computer bike came in really handy.
The weather was really windy especially during our ride back to the park; of course the sun came out when our route was almost over. Luckily, today's bike path was the friendliest bike route of all the trainings we have done since there was a bike lane 90% of the time. Overall, our group did 57 miles in 4 hours, 56 minutes averaging 15 miles per hour. The time includes 2 SAG (Support And Gear which is refueling our bodies and taking potty breaks) stops, stop signs, and street lights. Go Team!
Wow! I am so proud of you for making the transition the faster group! You go, girl.
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