Pseudo Tam Hill Climb

I had a great ride this morning over Muir Woods and then up the coast to Bolinas. Starting at the stop sign in Stinson Beach, I did a practice individual time-trial of the Mt. Tam Hill Cimb course from Stinson to the top. I needed a hurl bucket when I got there. I've done this ride a lot, but not at full sustained max effort the entire way. I may have to enter the race next year (after I turn 40!) to see how I stack up. My non-race conditions time of 51:02 if done this year would have garnered a 13th place finish in the public men/women category, or a 23rd place in Elite 5's. So not great, but then again not DFL either.

On a sadder note, a good friend went down in a bad wreck yesterday, landing directly on her face and was knocked out for a minute or so. A concussion and lots of cuts and bruises, but somehow avoided any broken bones, lost teeth or major injury. Be careful out there!