Back in England the will to get out and train in near zero temperatures was seriously sapped. I managed two rides in five weeks.
Luckily another trip to the Bay area resuscitated my enthusiasm and got me back on track.
On arrival on Monday afternoon I immediately headed over to CyclePath in San Mateo and picked up a bike. I was fortunate to have a training partner in tow (Paul Hilliar) for the entire two weeks to prevent me from slacking.
The next morning I was wide awake at 2am and pottered around until 5 and then headed out to Canada Road in a rented truck to the start of the ride.
That was pretty much the pattern for the entire trip.
In the ten days out in California I managed eight rides and they all included an ascent of Kings Mountain.
Total distance covered was 400K+ and almost 8K of climbing.
