Carl Sanders's Blog – May 2014 Archive (2)

Uplift - A few final encouraging words exchanged with my traveling companion, Paul McKenzie, and we set of at the 5:15 AM start from the Palmdale Holiday Inn parking lot. Approximately 70 Double Riders take to the high Mojave Desert for the second Stage of the California Triple Crown series. Twenty or so of us push the pace up a 50-mile gradual climb along the San Andreas Fault. I hope that I won’t crack with this early morning extended effort.

My attention on this…

 The Calling – With a third place finish at the CA Triple Crown Double Stage Race last year, the pressure was on from fellow SRCC members for another Club podium at this year’s prestigious test of cycling endurance.

Immersion – My training under way, with each goal and objective set down on paper, I set out to see what I had in me for the race season ahead. Out the gate at the Solvang Double a couple of months back, I tested a field of seasoned…