A Hot Weekend in Sonoma Wine Country. Great training weekend for Vineman. The drive was a "Bear"; 10+ hours due to Friday afternoon traffic in LA. Arkady and I got in after midnight. It's always nice to return to my old "neck of the woods". I spent 2 months living in Santa Rosa during my family practice rotation in med school. Even then I enjoyed going on bike rides after finishing up in the clinic. Well on Saturday I got to ride for 112 miles ( 2 loops of the actual Full Vineman course.) The course was beautiful. We must have passed over a hundred different vineyards. Watching the people going in for their wine-tastings at these wineries, while I was baking in the hot sun was real tough. I told myself I'll return another day for a more leisurely wine country experience.
I finished the ride in about 6.5 hrs. Not bad. This was my longest ride to date. I even had to deal with a water bottle falling off, and my chain fell off 3 times during the first loop. Amazing but it didn't fall during the second loop. Perhaps I anticipated my gear shifts better. (I better drop by the bike shop and get a full tune-up.) Afterwards we had a nice dinner at one of the rental homes. Then it was off to bed for the Sunday swim and run.
Sunday was a much hotter day than Saturday. Temperatures approached 90 degrees. We started with a nice swim in the Russian River. Then I ran 1 loop of the actual Vineman Course. ( 3 loops on Full Vineman ) I thought Arkady and I would return to LA immediately after the run so I stopped after 1 loop. But I probably could have and should have run a 2nd loop. It turns out that as an Ironteam, we waited until the last runner came in after their 2 loops on the course. So I waited for 2.5 hours! But it was fun. I had a coke, some recovery stuff, and even a couple ice cold beers! Yummy. After everyone returned from the run, it was off to lunch. I was starving and had a real craving for MEAT! So I ordered the "I Love Animals Burger." I finished the whole plate!!! See photos below.
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