60 Miles

Big ride today.  Jeff Benintendi invited me to ride with his people, which included Ed Redmond (his cycling coach) and his wife Marnie, along with Kevin and Marti Papke, a couple in my age group and their friend Andy who met us underway.

The plan was to ride from Val Vista and Guadelupe out to South Mountain and climb the peak up to the antenna farm there.  However, there was a breast cancer walk that day on the hill and we were unable to ride the hill, so we diverted over to Ahwahtukee and rode some familiar hills there.  It was a good challenging group and ride.  In the end we did 60 miles.  We finished up the ride at Einstein Brothers on Val Vista and Williamsfield for some chow and good conversation.