Redlands Strada Rossa Mixed Surface Ride - March 15

My $.02. I thought the timing was great. 8am start was nice and you can't really count on hot or cold weather this time of year. It was hotter than normal, but it was still alright. I printed off the route slip that was posted on the blog and it worked great. My gps didn't cooperate, so I pretty much relied on the route slip, other riders and a general idea of where the course went. I am fine with the idea of having people join the IEBA. $25 is pretty cheap for somethng like this. Of course, the problem that you will run into is that the more people pay, the more support they expect. I didn't expect any support, so I was ready to ride it that way. But I did really like the beer at the bottom of the Grape Street section, so that was a good bonus. I'm up for a Fall one. It will motivate me to train a little bit more to try to finish it in better style.

Thanks again. I thought it rocked.

 

Here are a metric tonne of more photos added by Norman from the IEBA: http://www.flickr.com/groups/redlands-strada-rossa/pool/ Gives a real good sampling of what the day was like!!!