Another awesome day for riding. Met at Cadence for some story telling from Craig and Kate about the stage race in Andalucia and headed out up to COP towards Cochrane with a huge group of riders. As usual there is always some one that wants to hammer in this group, this time was John as we were approaching a climb who tried to break away with Craig M. and I couldn't resist the temptation to get my heart rate up a notch and chase them down. Once that game was over I think Craig M. still wanted to keep his HR up when decided on the gravel road to pick up a tempo pace with another roadie guy. I was riding right behind him with Kate and we made it all the way to Cochrane in no time. We kind of messed up with the "no drop" rule for today, but we all knew where we were going.....(besides if someone gives me sh... for that I will blame Craig M.).. Stopped for coffee at Cochrane and the place "the guys cafe" was full !!! so some time constraints made me decide to skip lunch and head back to Calgary with Kate who also needed to be back by 2:00. Rode through GlenBow Ranch (now my favorite way to ride back from Cochrane) to Calgary. Riding through GlenBow is amazing, makes you feel you are somewhere else and not just a few ks away from the hwy. Last but not least and been honest I would have felt better today if going up Scott Trail climb wouldn't have got my ass kicked by Kate !! holy crap she is strong !!
Another awesome day for riding. Met at Cadence for some story telling from Craig and Kate about the stage race in Andalucia and headed out up to COP towards Cochrane with a huge group of riders. As usual there is always some one that wants to hammer in this group, this time was John as we were approaching a climb who tried to break away with Craig M. and I couldn't resist the temptation to get my heart rate up a notch and chase them down. Once that game was over I think Craig M. still wanted to keep his HR up when decided on the gravel road to pick up a tempo pace with another roadie guy. I was riding right behind him with Kate and we made it all the way to Cochrane in no time. We kind of messed up with the "no drop" rule for today, but we all knew where we were going.....(besides if someone gives me sh... for that I will blame Craig M.).. Stopped for coffee at Cochrane and the place "the guys cafe" was full !!! so some time constraints made me decide to skip lunch and head back to Calgary with Kate who also needed to be back by 2:00. Rode through GlenBow Ranch (now my favorite way to ride back from Cochrane) to Calgary. Riding through GlenBow is amazing, makes you feel you are somewhere else and not just a few ks away from the hwy. Last but not least and been honest I would have felt better today if going up Scott Trail climb wouldn't have got my ass kicked by Kate !! holy crap she is strong !!
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