Epic Rides

The past 2 days have seen me doing my fair share of training. On tuesday I did a 115 mile loop up thru the Santa Ynez valley and again yesterday I did a 110 mile loop in the valley.

Tuesday was by myself and took a full 7 hours with a blistering head wind for the first 4 1/2 hours while I rode up the freeway to Gaviota and Beulton(spelling ?). Then all the way out and up Drum canyon as well as most of Alisos canyon. Once I made it to Foxen canyon the wind turned in my favor and after the climbs I flew back into Santa Ynez in the 53×14 the entire way.

Once I got a bite to eat it was back 154 and up Stagecoach Rd. to get into SB. It was propably the fastest that I have ever riden from Santa Ynez back home.

Yesterday was another 7 hour day but this time I did it with 5 of the guys from UCSB and with 11,000 ft of climbing which included Figuroa Mountain. It started when I met the others at the bottom of Old San Marcos. Once we were over the pass it was a steady grind into a slight headwind along 154 then the rolling Happy Canyon Rd to the base of the climb up Figuroa Mt. About have way half way up the climb Aaron and myself both went down going across a very small creek covered in moss that I didn’t see. So the both of us were a bit stiff for the rest of the ride. On the way down Ted and I but a good bit of ground into Aaron while decending and a lot of ground into the 3 others. At the bottom of the decent it was all tailwinds home and we took full advantage and rode along 154 faster than I had done the day before. Plus we had the added bonus of a tailwind up Stagecoach.

Then it was down 154 and Old San Marcos and out to the bike bath by UCSB where I turned off and headed into SB, but not before I decided to go thru Hope Ranch and up the Meza. After that it was an easy cruise up State Street and on home to finish another 7 hour day.