Back home from Paso and riding with the recycle pros today. Pushed it hard and feeling like I'm getting back in the groove. Hit first 1000 miles today (1,033 total for year)

Skipped the ride on day 3 to go down to Melville Winery in Lompoc to pick up wine. So did a long day today including Willow Rd, Vineyard Rd and Adelaida Rd. Back to Paso for lunch then a ride out to Sculpterra Winery to see the outdoor sculptures. All in all a good time in Paso.

Feeling much better today. Started the ride in San Miguel but finished up back in Paso. Beautiful day with for a climb up Hog Canyon (14 miles) and a fast descent back to San Miguel. My riding buddy drove the car back to Paso and I rode back with Bob and Ann into a headwind. Good work today.

So the first day of Bike Camp did not go well. I wondered WTF was going on as half way into the ride I was shot. Lots of short steep climbs were killing me. Even dropped a chain on a steep pitch and fell on my left side. Fortunately nothing serious (bruised elbow and hip) and was able to continue. Hopefully better tomorrow on the flats.

Last ride prior to Paso Bike Camp. Nice day, took it easy, rode mostly with Clayton. Ran into Terry and Alex, good friends from the MDR days. They will also be in Paso Robles on Sunday.

Still riding at moderate pace to keep heart rate down. Finally able to remove Zio heart rythym monitor after 14 days. It wasn't to bad except for some itching......

Still on the heart monitor so another easy spin today. Lots of traffic due to a semi-truck roll-over on 680 causing lots of traffic on the side roads headed south.

Wearing a heart monitor for 14days that is held on by an adhesive. Not supposed to exert and cause sweating so have to just do easy rides. Good thing we are in a cold spell and lots of flat rides around here.

The Pedalers Tuesday ride on mostly flat with one climb on Windemere. Got to the low 80's today, cooling off again soon.

Did an out-n-back to the county line on Mines Rd with 2,781ft of climbing. It was a bit foggy in the morning but cleared up to be a beautiful sunny day topping out at 74F. Spring is here, warmest day of the year. Expected to see more wildflowers, can't tell if I was early or late. Lots of California golden poppies everywhere.....

Started out with the Thursday ride to Poppy Ridge and then split off to climb Tesla. Spring is here but still cool, looking for a warm up over the next fell days. 2,047 ft Elevation.

Nice ride on a clear, cool, breezy day. Vineyard-Sycamore Grove-Del Valle Dam-Holdener-Story Coffee- back via airport......

Mostly rode the Iron Horse Trail on a cloudy, cool day. Out-and-back, not much wind, uneventful......

The ride was scheduled for a metric century including Cross Rd, the two Flynns and Collier Canyon. I did the ride except for Collier Canyon as it was my longest in awhile and I would be unable to keep up with the group anyway. Therefore I took a bunch of pictures and met the rest of the group for a late lunch at Sidetrack Restaurant.

Easy ride to Story for coffee on a nice sunny day.

Couple of tough climbs on the Pedalers ride today that slowed me down a lot. However, getting mostly back up to full speed on the flats and rollers......overcast cooler day......

Warmest day of the year so far but supposed to get cold tomorrow and the next few days. Made up for yesterdays winds and tough riding. Able to wear the summer kit for the first time in 2025. 13,733 ft climbed so far this year. Need to do more climbing.......

Rode again with the pedalers out into some very strong headwinds. Ride was supposed to go to Tesla summit but winds put a damper on things so just scaled the ride back to just Cross Rd and home.....

Did a short loop around town and then had coffee at Peets with the group (P-town Pedalers). After that rode to Livermore and did some of Mines Rd, Holdener Park and Syacamore grove on another warm sunny day......

Out Collier Canyon with great views of Diablo. Met a cool guy who recycles redwood trees and took some pics from his yard. Then road over to Altamont brewery to try the old and new Maui Waui. I couldn't tell the difference......

Just a short trip around Livermore on a warm day......

First ride back with the group (p-town Pedalers) since Thanksgiving. Keeping up was difficult on the flats and impossible on the climbs of which there was a steady 8% one. Not the best ride for getting back but glad I made it. Gonna sleep well tonight. Climbing- 1,556ft and 7,537 for the year so far.

Short, slow ride out to Mines Rd and back home.

Rode to Story Coffee then a 10 mile total out-and-back on Mines Rd followed by a trip through Holdener and Sycamore Grove Bike trails and home on Vineyard Ave. Nice cool day (55F) with sun made for a great ride.

A flat out-and-back on the Iron Horse and Dublin Blvd. East winds today so no heading into them, instead a North-South route.......

The livermore loop CW heading out Collier Canyon and then N. Livermore to downtown for coffee at Story. Finally a short trip home on Concannon and Vineyard Ave.

Home-Vineyard Ave-Sycamore Grove-Del Valle-Holdener-Greenville-then cross 580 and back way to Livermore ave-Junction to Story Coffee for Coffee break at 30 miles then back home the usual way including Vineyard. Warmest day of the week and no wind! Feeling much better, should be back riding with the group soon. Elevation gain - 1,153ft

Windy and warm day (67F) on a ride up to Danville over the new bike bridge in Dublin for the first time. Finally after 3 years it's finished and it's very nice. Looks like the bridge over Crow Canyon is almost done too! Elevation gain- 620ft

Elevation Gain - 655ft. Rode out to Livermore for Coffee at Story. Flat ride and easy spinning. Just trying to maintain some health prior to cardiac check due to a fainting spell. I thing I'm good cause feeling well and won't push it until results are in. Happy New Year!