"O.T.B."

Twenty oh-nine has been the best cycling year in a long, long time! Honestly, it has been a "born again" cycling experience.

In addition to riding almost 3,000 miles so far, there have been many great days on the bike! Most of my riding is done on the beautiful American River Parkway bike trail. Just about every day out there I meet someone new. Here are a few examples:

1. On a ride down to Watt Avenue and back to Folsom, I met Roger. He is a 70-year old retired physician. We talked about how blessed we are to have the American River Parkway for our cycling. Neither of us care much for riding on the streets.



2. While returning from a ride to Sac State, I met Fernando. He was wearing a Kinetic Cycles kit and I always shout out to those guys. Turns out Fernando is a Sacramento County Sheriff. We rode together for a few miles and had great conversation.



3. A few weeks ago I met three guys riding from San Francisco to Georgia. They were doing the ride to raise money for the Make A Wish Foundation. Very cool!
   

In addition to meeting people out there, one can enjoy to peacefulness of the American River and surrounding park areas. It is such a great way to relieve stress, ponder, and even pray. I really love it that we have such a great resource so close to home

Now for today's photo and title of the post. The photo is of me sitting at the computer reading VeloNews! The title "O.T.B." is my acronym for "off the bike!" Due to a little surgical procedure a couple of days ago the doctor has suggested I stay off the bike for a few weeks. Oh boy! This just hit at the wrong time. Finally, after all these months, got a good groove on the bike, riding faster, and now ... wham ... no riding!

A great time for a post aye? Of course in the photo I had to put one of my cycling jerseys and helmet on to simulate actually riding. Pretty funny!