Swami’s Team Fun Takes on Palomar Mountain on Labor Day
(Story and pictures by Natalie Walker, Swami’s Team Fun host) On Labor day, six of the Team Fun gals and Swami’s decided it would be fun to climb over 4000 […]
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Swamdo: 90 miles, 90 degrees, 90% humidity. Do something awesome.
Yesterday a contingent of Team Fun riders took on the Swamdo, short for “Swami’s Fondo”, this mostly flat 90-mile ride was the Swami’s Cycling Club’s first attempt at hosting a […]
Who chooses repeats on Mt. Soledad for her birthday ride?
I will explain that question in a minute, but perhaps even more surprising is when 19 women show up to do a ride they know involves repeats on Soledad. There […]
Last Saturday in Carlsbad…. there was some gnashing of teeth
This time the sufferfest was titled mildly, “Carlsbad Hill Routes”, and the weather pitched in with its best heat and humidity for another boiling Saturday hill ride. You know it’s […]
Coastal Routes for a Beautiful Saturday
About 18 women gathered in Carlsbad last Saturday to enjoy some coastal riding. Kim Z. led three women in the C group on the coast south to Del Mar with […]
Cruising to Cabrillo National Monument to Celebrate My Aging Up
Those of you that know me even a little bit well know I’m fond of both euphemisms and sarcasm. Just like the “climbing challenges” are generally “suffer fests”, “cruising” usually […]
The Return of the Suffer Fest on a hot July Saturday
It has become a little bit of a mini-tradition for me to embark upon a climbing challenge during the latter part of the month of July (my personal history on […]
“I kind of feel like doing an adventure tomorrow”
“I kind of feeling like doing an adventure tomorrow but I don’t want it to be too hard,” Heather texted Jill. “Adventure sounds fun,” replies Jill (Jill is always up […]
Camp Pendleton and Points North
The Preamble I have to be honest – the Camp Pendleton ride has traditionally been hands down my least favorite ride. I would do almost anything to avoid it. One […]
Bandy Canyon Fulfillment
I have posted this ride for Team Fun at least once before, and considered it several times since the first time I tried out the route in January. Every time, […]
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