Today’s ride started up pretty badly for me; just couldn’t get any power. Quite the contrast from Sunday’s ride where I got my best time up OLH since last October and West Alpine since 2020. Not sure if it was the 30 hours in-between that I spent in Las Vegas with my wife (Karen) that killed me?

Pretty hard to explain what happened, really. Sure, it was a bit foggy up on Skyline (sad to think I should be OK with taking 34 minutes to get up there, but well… I’d better get used to it!). As usual I began feeling better after the turn onto Skyline; by the time I get to Swett Road, just prior to the mini-climbs culminating at the Skegg’s parking lot, I felt entirely different, so much better.

But so much better that, as Kevin and I descended Tunitas to the turnaround point at the Grassy Knoll, just before it drops away steeply, that we missed it entirely? Weird thing, that!

–Mike–