Since it's my R&R week, I decided to take a break from the cycling today and go for a run with the canine critters. Rachel tagged along and we all went jogging around the Ravine Loop. The heat and humidity was serious by the time we started, which was sometime shortly after noon, so the pace had to be eased back a notch. It's a tough loop with hills and stairs and I suspect it is nearly 5K long from the parking lot and back. We eased into the tempo from brisk walk to a steady jog, and finished in about 30 minutes.
After a quick clean-up we went over the Atlanta Bread Company, near the Mall of GA, for a sandwich and salad. The guy taking our order recognized me and it turns out he is a GTC member, and the owner of that ABC. We got top-notch service and left with a couple complimentary loaves of bread - Thanks Chris!
On the way back home we stopped in at the Starbucks across the street from the mall. The on-duty manager recognized me and told me all about his current band, a trio with guitarist Rick Pruett and drummer Shannon Kori. Those guys are a couple of great musicians who happen to be friends of mine and live in this neck of the woods too. No complimentary coffee though - that's cool.
Posted by dancoy at June 9, 2005 05:22 PMRavine Loop there is !
Did it twice this morning with my canines ( counterclockwise ). We started around 9AM .
The second workout of the day was Harbins night ride . Did not quite had the legs for last long climbs , after so many steps of running in the morning .
Posted by: wojtek at June 9, 2005 10:53 PMTwice around the Ravine Loop and then the Thursday night "World Championships" at Harbins, that's a big training day! I bet most of the cyclist have this weekend's 3-gap RR on their minds, so they were practicing hammering up the climbs. I will try to go watch, but no road racing for me this weekend.
Posted by: Dan at June 9, 2005 11:40 PM