So, I’m signed up for the Tour de Menlo, and I’m a little nervous about it. I’m planning to do the “tame” 30 mile route, not the 50 mile killer-hill route. Pluses:
- Local community races are fun (have been to many 10K running races, this is the first bike race I’ve been to).
- I know I can do the route: I biked a superset of it last weekend.
Minus:
- Maybe I’ll be the slowest person on the course.
I ride on some popular routes in the area, and oodles of people pass me. The worst case scenario is that it’s a fun ride on a beautiful day, I get a t-shirt. Not so bad.
Update: I finished the race, climbed the biggest hill without walking (but did stop a few times), got to the rest stop and finish before they closed, and got the t-shirt.