Today was Epic Ride Day of camp. The plan was to ride to Bodega Bay over two huge climbs, ride along the coast then return over another a 3rd epic climb. I was really feeling good today and I was looking forward to today’s ride.
Before we rolled out there was a photo-op with RV. Here was the plan. We had a police escort out of town, as we were riding each rider rode up to RV and a photographer in a car took our picture. It took us 6.5 miles and we were only able to get pictures with 2/3 of the campers.
Today was my best day. I had plenty of power and endurance. The climbs were long and hard. Each climb was several miles long and there were sections were the inclines were over 25%. We have a saying in our group, a 4% grade is the new flat. I did a total of 5000’ of climbing and used 2000kjs. I think this is a personal best.
Camp was a blast. I pushed myself and established a new level of pain and endurance and after all, that is what camp is all about.
PS. Here is an article in the local paper about Bike Camp. Just copy and paste the link.
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100423/ARTICLES/100429733/1334/news?Title=Welcome-to-bike-camp
