Finished!

131 miles, 7500' of climbing, and plenty of wind.  Got my fastest time on this course, 8:25.  Good start to the season!

Turnaround in Mountainair

60 miles down, 70 to go.  Mmmmm, banana

Manzano Mountainair 200k

6:40 at Albertsons in Albuquerque, ready to go!

Sunday Ride!

It's gonna be a great day for riding tomorrow!  I'll be looking for recovery/base pace, but we can decide at the time.  See you at Parque de Vida, 11am. 

DON'T FORGET ABOUT DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME!!!

3 hours in the little ring

A solo ride today with, wait for it...  NO WIND!  You didn't think I was serious did you?  Well, the first hour was dead calm, not a flag fluttering at the Rec Center, or Fairgrounds, or Ute Mtn rest area.  Then a generally southerly wind picked up, sometimes more easterly, sometimes more westerly, but it was pretty gentle - nothing like the gales we've been experiencing lately.  Made me want to ride a couple more hours it was so nice.  As it was, 3 hours of easy pace, zig-zaging around the county roads between US491 and CR 29/30.

Ciclistas: Sunday ride (or Saturday?)

Hola Ciclistas,

Sunday should be ok for a ride.  A few of us are doing various rides on Saturday, so Sunday will be at recovery/base pace.  If you haven't ridden yet this season, it'll be a good way to ease into it.

If anyone cares to join me, I think I'll be doing hill repeats on Saturday.  Reply if you want to join in, we can make a plan.

Otherwise, 11am, Park de Vida, Sunday.

Michael

Re: Sunday ride?

I feel the same for the weather, If its nice-ish. I will see you guys at 11am Park de Vida

On Feb 25, 2011, at 9:40 PM, Michael Henderson wrote:

> Hola Ciclistas,
>
> Well, we've dodged the bullet so far - two days of predicted snow and the roads were still clear to commute today. Try for a Sunday ride, see if our luck holds out. 11am, Park de Vida north lot. Cold I can handle, wind I'd rather not, snow is a deal-killer.
>
> Michael
> Ciclistas del Rio
> www.CiclistasdelRio.blogspot.com

Sunday ride?

Hola Ciclistas,

Well, we've dodged the bullet so far - two days of predicted snow and the roads were still clear to commute today.  Try for a Sunday ride, see if our luck holds out.  11am, Park de Vida north lot.  Cold I can handle, wind I'd rather not, snow is a deal-killer.

Michael
Ciclistas del Rio
www.CiclistasdelRio.blogspot.com

USWCDP grad gets some press...

Ally Stacher got some fine press in Cyclingnews.com today.  She spent the spring and summer of 2009 here with the USWCDP and Michael Engleman; Doug LaMunyon hosted her for much of that time; and Ciclistas del Rio helped fund her plane ticket to Europe to ride for the US National Team that fall.

She is now a pro with HTC-Highroad.  Check out the article from the first day of the Women's Tour of New Zealand, where HTC dominated and Ally spoke for the team:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/womens-tour-of-new-zealand-2-2-we/stage-1/results

Way to go Ally!

Ok, now this is more like it

On vacation in Hawaii, took the opportunity to demo a Roubaix.  Rode with a local club out to Makapuu Pt (see pic), then a final 850', 2.5mi climb home.