Morning Ride

I ditched my ride yesterday afternoon because I was not feeling so well. James and I had to shrink wrap these big racks at work and it made me super dizzy. Then it made my tummy hurt. Then I wanted to lie down. It sucked - so I didn't ride. So, I decided to ride this morning before work. I was supposed to do a hilly route and use a harder than usual gear on the climbs. Staying seated and focusing on hip strength. I decided to do what I can the Zoo Loop, but what is actually a reverse route of the popular Zoo Loop common to Oakland area cyclists. This ride is sort of a bugaboo of mine. I do it probably once a month and I always think it will be a little easier than the last time. It never is and I end up just suffering through it, cursing the fact that it is so hard. I doesn't seem like it should be hard, but something about it just gets me pedaling squares and praying for mercy.

Have a look:

http://www.trainingpeaks.com/tny.aspx?a=sw&key=JDsPqfPiq%2BpzgmeE8U4X3sLlrM5h2whf

I guess there is a lot of up, 3500 ft or so - it is just a tough, tough route for me. Can someone else please attest that this is in fact a tough route and I am not just a weakling. I would feel a lot better if you could at least lie in my support.

Another let down is that there was this BMX bike in the dumpster at work yesterday that had a Chris King headset in it. It was in good shape and I wanted to take it out before sending the rest of the bike to the trash. Well, it is gone now before I got the chance. I hope someone resourceful got a hold of it. I wanted to at least take a picture of it as the drive side was on the left too. Oh well.