Wow, it's been a busy week - I'm just now finding a few minutes to write up the ride from last week. I planned on riding a variation of the 100 mile ride, doing all the hills, but skipping the flats out to River Road and Back. This fits better with my training plan for the 1/2 Ironman at the end of the month.

I started from Durham, and headed into Chico about 6:15 AM. Lots of people already headed south, so I opted for the midway, rather than the bike path - I've had bad experiances with the bike path on wildflower day.

View at the Fairgrounds in the Morning:

View from Humboldt Summit, the first of three climbs:

View from Honey Run Summit:

Looking towards Table Mountain, our last climb for the day:

Overall was a great ride - temperature was perfect, and the cars and bikes behaved well. When I got home, put on my running shoes and headed out for a three mile run - just a small taste of what the 1/2 iron will feel like May 31st.