The fuchsia wonder delivers me once again

1988 Bridgestone 550 a.k.a. The Fuchsia Wonder

My most recent ride:

2009 Terrible Two

Not sure why I had such a great ride, but the endorphin high was awesome. The melted tire incident -- in which after 2 flats I used a wrapper to boot the tire and then was the recipient of a friend working at a rest stop literally giving me the tire off of his back (wheel) -- added to my time, but did not dim my morale. I think that riding a bicycle in Sonoma County is one of the most outrageously excellent things in life. May you all experience the joys that I did yesterday.

Only one week before the ride I wasn't at all sure I would do it, and doubtful that I would finish within their cut-off times. I completely shocked myself by leaving the lunch stop one hour before the cut off and even after my afternoon tire mishaps finishing the ride in the daylight.

Earlier I posted some info here on the women riders of the TT which were guestimates made by me. Below is the corrected data from the cycling club (this is for solo riders, e.g. excludes tandems):

Out of 211 total entrants, 14 were female
Out of 174 total finishers, 10 were female

Our numbers aren't real big but our calves are....

Many kudos to the very excellent Santa Rosa Cycling Club and all of its fabulous volunteers.