Day 231: Bioniconic Dude!

Plans changed for me so many times today. The only two things that happened as planned were two business calls during the morning, and fortunately both of those involved colleagues that are also friends. I like mixing business with pleasure, as opposed to following the old rule against that sort of comingling.

I was sidetracked after my second call by some random issues that needed to be addressed ASAP, so I sucked it up, and dealt with them one by one. During all of this I was pinged by a buddy of mine from WTB. He said that there was a ride being randomly planned around some traveling visitors from Keyesville, CA. That’s the home of the Keyesville Classic. They are traveling reps for Bionicon Bikes and were here for the day with a dozen bikes, two killer dogs (Tucker wo's older and a bit shy, and a little Jack Russell Terrier that’s a tripod, and he had no trouble getting around, nor tugging a Frisbee from my hands!), and a van with a trailer full of bikes in tow. Ah, what a life!

Somewhere along the way I became the ride leader, meaning, I was showing people trails that they’d never ridden before, including showing them to my local “bros.” There were five of us, and we had fun traveling the back roads of Mill Valley up to the road that is just above Diaz Ridge. That was a good test of everyone’s legs, and a great way to warm up for the rest of the ride.

From there we blasted down to Diaz Ridge’s south fire road entrance. We had a lot of fun from there while making our way back to WTB where they hosed off bikes, and we took photos before I parted ways with them in order to do another lap up the mountain. Yes, another lap up the mountain. I just hadn’t done enough of a ride for R2R, and the rains had yet to start, so I decided to head back up the hill. I’m glad that I did.

I ran into someone that I’ve ridden with before. He rides a Niner bike and he’s pretty fit, so we ended up riding up the hill together. We ended talking about our businesses, as well as the new Apple iPad (terrible name), and the future of different development platforms. As I’ve said before, some of the best thinking happens while pedaling; at least mine does.

In the end it was a fun and productive day that brought me inspiration and hope for the future.

Distance: 16.75miles
Calories burned: 2,383
Time: 1:46:50 hours
Elevation gain: 3,677 ft
Garmin Connect ride details: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/22889838