The Bonk

When you have'nt been on the bike during the week, one assumes a day in the hills will make it up. Last Saturday I hit Skyline hwy 9 up to Saratoga. It is one of the most popular rides in the bay area and Scotty told me we had to do it before I moved back to AZ. So after coordinating a "hairy" elders Q move (5 dogs-5 cats-30 years of stuff needing to be moved into a garage) we hit the hill. It was a classic 8 mile unforgiving climb. We did a few more miles on the top and then coasted down. It was a very nice 30 mile ride.
Last Saturday I hit the monster Col de' Hamilton. I felt like I was on drugs for the first two hills. I was eating up riders and I even think I gave a couple of them the look as they tried to drop me. I had a couple a guys that I knew were strong so I kept them in my sights up the final 7 mile climb of 4000ft. I was completely confident that I would hang on these guys wheels and I knew exactly where I was going to jump out of the saddle and hammer. About a mile before my kick, I ate my final power bar, drank some water and my body just shut down. It was weird. I almost pulled over cause I got the chills and felt like I was going to puke. I of-course got dropped and just spun up the hill. I actually finished the ride 4 minutes faster then I ever had before 1:49. I took my free miles back with me to the house. A total of 60 miles. Not a century like my boy up north, but it did the job for the weekend.

We put an offer on a house and they are happy with it...SO it looks like things are moving forward...more to come on this one...We close on Jun 20th....