Hello World

Hello world!

Well, not exactly.  I'm not new to the world, being 57 and all, but this is my new blog so I have to start it out somehow.  My old blog is here http://community.active.com/people/cobrapatrol/blog  just in case you can't read enough about an old cyclist who rediscovers riding endurance events.  So now I care about riding (and writing) just enough to put it here.  Some of my experiences and thoughts on randonneuring, wandering, new places and events in my life.  On various places on the web I am cobrapatrol, leaping_gnome, great.eagle.508, or just plain Jim #3.

So by way of introduction, I ride double centuries in the California Triple Crown series.  So far I have ridden the Davis Double (my first DC attempt, which I abandoned at Resurrection), Solvang Spring and Autumn, Mt Tam, Camino Real, Tour of Two Forests, Central Coast,  Grand Tour (double and triple), and the Death Valley Spring.  I also ride with the PCHRandos and have achieved Super Randonneur status, riding various brevets in southern and central coast California.  And in 2012 I rode the Furnace Creek 508 as part of the two man team Great Eagle.  I plan to continue all these endeavors  and add a few more,  like the Ultra Marathon Cycling Association Year-Rounder.

So hopefully I can contribute a few more rides.