December 27, 2003
GTC Saturday AM
Bike Ride: A little over 50 miles with GTC. About 13 riders gathered for the bi-weekly "Harbins Winter Ride". The weather was cool but sunny and calm, just the way I like it. I rode with the group for about 30 miles or so. Marshall and I had spent a good bit of time at the front maintaining the pace. Shortly after the store stop I rolled off the front of the pack and settled into a steady tempo, about 10-15 below Lactate Threshold. After 10 minutes of that I sat up and pedaled at recovery pace, but the group never caught up to me - they must've stopped again.
Back at the parking lot Bill Bennett asked me about coaching his 14-year-old son, Charlie, this coming season. I would love to work with this kid because he has displayed some great potential and seems like a really good guy. He's primarily into mountain bike racing, but will do a few road races too.