This weekend was the first bike race of the season for me...............................and actually the first time that I have raced my bike since I was tooling around France almost 2 years ago. I am not going to lie, I have missed the racing scene and am more than happy to be getting my feet wet here in the NorCal. Powered by Snapple and ready to g, welcome to Zamora and the olive groves of Bariani Olive Oil Co.
It is so beautiful to look out across the farmlands of California and have the priviledge to race on its roads. This ain't Napa, that is for sure, but even Zamora has some interesting sights and sounds. Speaking of sights...........................are those sheep I spy?
Yep. The irony of this is that .................
..................cyclists are sort of like sheep. We tend to bundle together in large flocks and stay that way with the occasional sheep or two going astray (breakaway). Interesting how life imitates itself on many different levels.
Similar to the straying sheep, here is how the race finished............with two sheep, I mean cyclists getting away and sprinting for the win with the entire peloton barreling down the road to sprint it out for the remaining places. This is about the time I put it into cruise control and stay out of the way to live to race another day.
Like the next day, at the Land's Park Criterium. Not much news to report on the victory front, but the racing legs will come around soon enough.
1 comment:
Glad to see you on the bike again!
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