12 March 2011

Saturday harbor ride

It was slightly chilly in the morning with the sun glaring on the eastern horizon. Heading down 7th, there was a sign with a tsunami warning saying that coastal roads were closed, but the roads all turned out to be normal. On San Andreas, I found myself at the back of the pack, and then, around Renaissance School, the tail end of the pack fell apart. After the little climb after Buena Vista, I got into a rotation of 4 riders for the rest of San Andreas and Beach until we got back to the pack. I didn't notice anybody heading south from Watsonville. The group going up Hazel Dell, or at least the back half of the group, broke up on the climb up the last part of Mt Madonna. I was in another rotation of 4 riders for the part of Hazel Dell before the bridge where the climbing started, then dropped off. I overtook one of them before the summit. On the descent, a couple of riders blew by me and I couldn't stay with them. From Corralitos, I took Hames, Day Valley, Valencia, Trout Gulch, and Soquel back.