Riding By The Golden Hills – BionicOldGuy

Summer is approaching fast, and for us the first sign is always that our hills are no longer green and are now golden, which they will remain until the next rainy season in the fall. But the weather has been delightful for riding, not too hot until later in the afternoon when I am already finished. I do have to be a little careful about ride length because some pollen is in the air that gives me allergy headaches. Not too bad if I keep rides under 3 hours.

Last Tuesday my group did its “Taco Tuesday” ride for the 1st Tuesday of the month. We head south to San Martin, then turn east, and turn back north on the east side of the valley and up the Coyote Creek trail all the way to Metcalf Park, looping back over Malech road and back downtown for lunch.

***Cochrane road on the hill that goes past the Almaden reservoir dam***

***The trail bends west towards the Santa Cruz Mountains***

On Saturday I took my upright out looking for some off-road riding.

***The gravel/dirt shoulder next to Main Ave at Guillelmo Winery***

***A local rural road, Elm Rd. Some people zoom pretty fast down this road in their cars which the residents don’t find amusing***

***Some dirt trails at Anderson Lake County Park***

Yesterday was a hard day, a brisk two hour 50 minute cruise with some on-bike strength training and intervals. Then I did some upper-body strength training in the garage.