Ok, this was a game time decision as to whether (or weather) or not I was going to the recovery ride in Los Altos. When I woke up it was not raining so I went on-line and checked weather.com (yeah I know, how naive of me to believe weather.com). Anyway, forecast was for rain to start at around 1pm. We should be able to get our 22 mile recovery ride in and be done by around 11am. So off I went!
I got to Los Altos and only Coach Don was there. Ok, did everyone else bail? Here comes a few more people. But that's it, there were only 5 of us total and I was the only participant to show up. Oh well, it was a bit cool, but at least it was dry...for now!
We go north on Foothill and then make a left onto Page Mill Road, then an immediate slight right onto Old Page Mill to try and avoid some traffic. Back onto Page Mill, under hwy 280, and then a right onto Arastradero to the Arastradero Preserve. Here, three of us, Mentor Butch, Mentor Geoff, and I waited for the other two to arrive. Coach Don was taking it easy this morning as he had a long day yesterday in Santa Cruz. Coach Don's group was out on a very long ride yesterday (approximately 10 hours). After they arrived and after a quick water break we headed back via Alpine Road. We usually smoke down this fun hill. But today, wouldn't you know it, it started to pour on us! Yup, another ride where we got soaked! So much for the rain staying away until 1pm!
We made it back a little after 11:15am and tried to dry off as best as we could. It would have been easier to just stay in bed this morning, but then again, what fun would that have been! :) Rain, rain, go away!!!!!
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