Jordo's Divine 49

Had a fun outing with the c510 crew climbing hills over and over again.  Then Kimbo and I went on a date to see Hamilton!  While Funk babysat!  What a boss.  

We had front row!  Which was extra awesome as we could see the orchestra!

Funk, "babysitting" - note Nikko eating a huge cookie with a blue mouth... 

The kids usually sleep like this.. 

Tour of CA - c510 edition

Fun ride with the C510 crew watching the Tour of California riders zoom by at the Junction Bar.  Now that I'm in Ashland, I sure miss this group.  Getting out at 6:05 every weekday was a great option.  Up here in the winter, it's too damn cold to get out for a ride that early.  Especially solo.  

We had use of the Obsidivan, and a driver (Hightower - who tweaked his shoulder on a crash a few weeks before this ride), so all the cards were set all we had to do was ride.  Le Bumble, Pumpkins, Badger, MJ, Sensei and I loaded up for a fun day on the quiet bay area roads behind Mt. Hamilton. 

the gentle grades of Mt. Hamilton Rd... 

Booya!

The two guys on a break away... 

Oren yelling at the cops... 

the peleton... 

Arpad with the claim

From the Junction, we TT-ed back setting some PRs for sure.  

Hungarian barrels that Arpad imports.

Chillin' at Stony Ridge at the end of the ride.  

Made it back for Kai's choir concert.

Sub 14 up Tunnel!

That took a while.  And Tunnel is tough, but riding with the c510 crew sure makes you strong!

K.O.-ed

Something I do think I'm invincible... and I get carried away thinking I'm in a video game just bouncing from one obstacle to another with no thought toward any kind of possible consequence...

And it's probably a good thing I don't remember anything about this... but boy this sure looks scary now that I'm looking at pics of it from 2.5 months ago.  Early one Tues morning, I donned on my brand new kit and met up with c510 crew for the Tues Tunnel loop... and on the first 50 ft from the meet up spot I slipped on something and I was over the handlebars and on the ground.  I was with a big crew, this happened early on in the ride, and was with a doc... quite thankful for these facts.   

not gonna enlarge some of these pics... here's how Kimbo found me at Highland hospital. They took some X-rays, catscans, etc... and found a broken rib... from a month ago.  This injury was quite weird and it never hurt.  I was kinda surprised myself, but the nurses were shocked.  

Not sure how, but my fitbit was destroyed!

The first two days back I slept for 14+ hours.  My bell got clanged... 

here's my blood spot 2 days later... 

EBMUD was working on that sewer lateral down there and my front tire hit something... 

1 mo later

2 mo later...