i had a pretty sweet day watching the san francisco grand prix on sunday. i pulled off the role of cycling groupie pretty well and had a fun day watching the race with friends. the lap in the team car was also pretty cool. i don't think i've ever been quite so scared driving the streets of san francisco. clark, the directeur sportif of team usa was trying to squeeze by numerous cars to get up to freddie rodriguez during the time i was in the car. it was pretty interesting to see how the race commissaires' control the race from the cars' perspective and tune into race radio!
photo by Ray Minaand next month i'll be riding w/ dave zabriskie. a local physical therapy place, presidio sports medicine, is having a big expansion/opening event in late october and dave zabriskie will be the guest of honor and speaker. however, they are also doing a small group ride with him earlier in the day and since they know that i have a huge crush on him, i was invited along for the ride!
the weekend of training was pretty decent. two back to back long rides on friday-saturday. the second one went really well, especially considering it was 110mi in 85 degree heat w/ tons of climbing. now i'm doing more of a run focused week so it's all about a lot of boring running... this is when i shall miss my car since i basically have to start and end all my long runs at home, following fairly similar routes. plus work is a little busier this week w/ a few chunks of *responsibility*... limits my time!
photo by Ray Mina
