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Carl Sanders's Blog – June 2011 Archive (2)

Annadel 2011

It had been nearly 30 years since the original Grasshopper had been held at Annadel State Park. It took years of perseverance by Carlos and other dedicated Bike Monkeys to get this event off the ground once again. This time it was for a cause. The money made by the race this day was to be given to the State Park to thwart off the threat that it might be closed due to the State's Budget Crisis.

An entire city block of downtown Santa Rosa was shut down to accommodate the 600+…

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Added by Carl Sanders on June 27, 2011 at 9:24pm — 1 Comment

Terrible Two

That one hurt.

Spent most of the week leading up to this ride fighting and losing to a chest cold. Upper respiratory congestion was not doing wonders for my aerobic capacity.

Coming into this event, which is part of my Sierra Tahoe Training plan, I felt fit and fast, where just last weekend, I pulled off a ninth place at the King Ridge Grasshopper series final. About 90 miles of serious hurt for that one, but was still able to finish strong, knocking off…

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Added by Carl Sanders on June 21, 2011 at 8:14pm — 1 Comment