This weekend we had a Claresco company trip to do the Solvang Century. Heather, Erica and I (the significant others/significant employee) headed down early on Friday, stopping at the Gilroy outlets for some pre-ride shopping! We enjoyed a relaxing trip down 101, with another stop in San Juan Bautista to see the mission and Atascadero on a secret mission to find cheese curds. We met up with the guys in San Luis Obispo for a dinner of tapas on the patio. After getting to our hotel in Santa Maria, we prepped our muscles for the next day's ride with a nice soak in the hot tub.
We stopped for some cheese curds on the way!
The next morning us ladies had a much more relaxed, mocha and latte fueled drive to Solvang, whereas the men busted out of the place around 6 am to have enough time to complete the 100 mile day. Sipping our lattes, we arrived in beautiful Solvang just in time to check in and head out along our 50 mile route towards Lompoc. There was barely a trickle of people heading out of the start when we set off. For a ride with +5000 participants, this was unheard of.
Here we are at the start.
The road was all ours.... at least on this section!
We met up a mile from the end for a triumphant ride to the finish.
None of us really had any preparation or training for this ride, in fact, I think the last ride I had done was back in October as part of the Triathlon, not counting a 12 mile jaunt to work one day.
All in all, it was a great ride and despite the cloudy weather and a bit of saddle sore, it was a wonderful half century.
3 comments:
Nice job on the ride. You must be in great shape considering the fact that you didn't practice.
That's awesome, Laurel! I'm impressed by your on the bike picture taking skills. You make riding 50 miles look easy.
Um, how can you 'not have any training' for a half century? And isn't that one pretty hilly if I remember correctly? Love your mission pics!
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