willwheels

So when I road for TnT in Tahoe last year we had 40+ people on the ride. This year they have 60 or 70. Of course, that's Lake Tahoe in June. We're going to Solvang, CA in March. First of all, most people haven't heard of Solvang (I hadn't) and you ride in March, thus training in the winter. When we recruiting last fall people would ask about training in the cold and we'd say that we planned on riding if the roads were clear, otherwise we'd be on trainers indoors. So they would typically say they were thinking about Tahoe.

Anyway, we're only about 13 (one coach, four captains, eight particpants). Our final training ride was on the 27th and it was 28 degrees (F) when we started--and we delayed our start until 9:30 to get a few more degrees. Man, have these guys learned to ride. We didn't get the 88 miles in we aimed for because of the late start but most everyone did 73 and they were going at a good clip.

I'm so proud.

Will