Century

After a few weeks of doing a lot of gentle climbing, the group I ride with on Saturday decided to ride north on Pacific Coast Highway (PCH). The main group made it to Trancas. Another person named Stacey wanted to go a little further North and I wanted the extra miles so I decided to join her. We left Los Angeles county and entered Ventura county. We went a little past Pt. Mugu and turned around what is referred to as "The Rock" (see above). I took the lead and blocked the wind going up the gradual incline. I was glad that I could help out. We joined up with 2 other bicyclists at "The Rock" and headed back. They were faster than us, and as we wanted to keep up it was much quicker riding back to Trancas. We continued our ride as they stopped. As I know very little about shifting , Stacey was very gracious (and patient) in teaching me about shifting. It improved my speed. We hooked up with another person and he was going about 25 mph. Stacey could keep up, but I could not. Another thing I learned was to keep on the wheel of the cyclist ahead. Once you fall behind you will have a difficult time catching up. Stacey slowed down and waited for me and we rode back to Brentwood where we parted ways. I then bicycled home. All together 110 miles today.