Being the team mechanic for the local High School Mountain Bike Racing team has been pretty inspirational. Seeing the kids set goals and make competitive progress has been an almost fountain of youth experience for this 47 year old un-racer. At the end of season team party, the head coach announced the kids one at a time, and among other accomplishments kept referring to the kids' time in "the time trial". I didn't know what that was. The coach pointed me to a Strava segment, called "BHS Time Trial". Here's a link: https://www.strava.com/segments/1963179
So, I went ahead and got my free Strava App on my iPhone and went up into the Berkeley Hills to check it out. My goal was to beat the time of our slightly plump 50-something Coach Gary. I was told he was in the 14:45 range. The ride is a short but steep climb, and it is extremely rocky. Climbing out of the saddle is completely out of the question and it's a physical challenge maintaining balance and keeping the bike pointed up the hill. My first attempt was last week, the 11th, and I did it in 13:32. My second attempt was this weekend, and I did it in 12:16. I'm told that 12:00 is the traditional cutoff for the A-Group of racers, so I've got a measurable training goal. I'm not racing, but I'm not un-racing either, so I'm going to call it "un-un-racing". Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
