Not Quite 100 Miles

3/24/2010

Today was to be a 100 mile day. Headed towards Los Olivos then onto Foxen Canyon and a 2 mile gentle grade climb before a screaming descent and eventually to Tepusquet Road. Throughout, fantastic views on both sides of the road. Tepsuquet is a valley road that begins climbing for 4 miles to the summit but gains only 1000'. You can maintain a good rpm with no steep pitches. Passed real live bufallo, wild turkeys, a snake that slithered off the road, other cyclists and then the top, where I did something stupid...coasted down the other side to 166 before turning around and climbing back up but some great views on the way, as shown below.

Regaining the top, I enjoyed a long coast down and upon reaching Foxen Canyon, stopped at a winery to refill a water bottle and sat to enjoy a cool drink and another great view...

Arrived back in Solvang with 96 miles and 6000" of climbing. Hope tomorrow is an epic day as I plan to climb Gibralter and Painted Cave on the Santa Barbara side of the mountain range. ALSO, NOTE THE SATURDAY RIDE INFO BELOW.

5 Comments

Rick Holt

3/24/2010 06:49:08 pm

Hey Mark... speaking only for myself, I'm actually enjoying your recounting of your 2010 California experience. I recognize many of the sites you name and photograph from my one and only visit there, and you're triggering some very fond cycling memories. So, before I get rocking-chair old, hopefully I'll get back out there and do the same thing, including writing it all down. And if not, I'll read yours... again. Stay safe. M-R

Sprocket

3/24/2010 09:02:50 pm

ditto

Really Tall Guy

3/25/2010 01:40:42 am

Double Ditto.

From the desk of the Grand Poobah

3/25/2010 03:44:29 am

I’ve been receiving several calls and this needs to stop, asking:

Is Mark, aka; “The Webmaster”, really in California training?
Is he secretly training in the Appalachian foot hills east of Newark?
Are those photos from the internet and he's just posting them to his blog?

Can you please provide proof by posting a photo with yourself and local riders? Furthermore, you’ll need to be in this photo holding a current newspaper!

Mark

3/25/2010 11:53:30 am

Grand Poobah,
That is a wild idea and I have thought of posting a expose in which I claim I was in Newark the entire time nad did pull images from the internet. That you thought of that as a possibility is amazing. I will take my camera out this evening and have my picfture taken to prove I am where I say I am.

Not Quite 100 Miles

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