After last week's Anaheim trip, Sunday was a recovery ride for the QMDC/XX1090 riders. We rode the 40 mile Carmel Valley RSF Loop and pretty much stayed at a low cadence the entire ride. I decided it was a good time to move up from Group 2 to Group 1 to say hello to fellow XX1090 radio contestants (Sam and Matt) along with the QMDC crew (Mike, Lisa, Dr. Mitch, Kayvon - QMDC Chair, and others). Kevin, another XX1090 contestant, moved up to Group 1 with me and it was good to have a familiar face on the ride. Mike and Lisa Jennings were the group leaders for this ride and did a fabulous job in keeping us at a good pace and not letting us push too hard.The purpose of this week's ride was recovery. We have been training over the past few weeks with an increase in distance and effort each week that led up to our longest ride yet, Anaheim. Now this week, we are back down and will start to ramp back up again over the next several weeks. Next week's ride is out East of San Diego called Pine Valley. It includes a section called "Kitchen Creek" that consists of a 11 miles of constant climbing. Ouch! Thankfully, we have this recovery week before the real fun starts.
During the ride, I had time to talk with Kayvon a little. He has a momentous task of being the QMDC 2008 Chair. He had some great tips and insight on fundraising that I have already started to implement and it has definately helped. Thanks Kayvon. A little later in the ride we made it to Stud Loop and then Lisa turned up the juice on us a little and we soon found ourselves zipping through the loop with lots of twists and turns. It was a fun ride.
I also met Summer on this ride. Summer has only been riding a year, is in Group 1, and is a very strong rider. She convinced me to ride with this group again next weekend at Pine Valley. Since the Group was riding in recovery mode, I am not sure how fast the pace will be, but I will do my best with the thought of being able to drop back to Group 2 if needed.
Most of this week I have spent fundraising by writing letters, pounding the pavement, and obtaining gift certificates and other items from various businesses downtown for a big charity auction in mid-September in the Gaslamp District. Therefore, I have not had very much time for anything else much less post Blogs.
Stay tuned for more information about the charity auction in September.
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