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Showing posts with label childhood adventures; riding to the ends of the Earth; old friends; circle of life; Rock n Roll; Samba de Janeiro; weights; speed; circumnavigation; San Antonio LCG; San Antonio SCG;. Show all posts

Saturday, February 03, 2024

Gregório's Circle of Life Memorial Ride

Quick before heading out on Greg Wilson's Solo Memorial Ride! We were riding buddies when we were kiddos! I didn't know how much his life and death would affect me. I spent the first half listening to Rock n Roll and the guitar riffs just kept flooding me with memories even now! The second half I fell on Samba de Janeiro another high energy song list! The energy was needed to tackle hills like this:
Luckily for me those hills were at the beginning at the one hour mark! Strava was glitching due to fog and interference from powerlines!
Smileage was 67 smiles in 6 hours at 11.1 smiles per hour! I had a feeling Synday's rides might be affected by the dangerous weather and flooding that was forecasted. Like Danny Vega says, "Ride when you can!" And today we couldn't! Maybe after a few hours of heat and sun we can try the SCG to Bullis - Eisenhower; I hope so!
The beast is different now:
48 lbs. Down since incorporating weights 3 or 4 days per week. I could feel the strength during the 67 miler, speed is still elusive!