Tour de Palm Springs

Saturday we did the Tour de Palm Springs, with a time of 5 hours and 15 minutes.

From the start, the ride heads North, and then Southeast. The second half of the ride restu. Dillon Road was a series of little rollers and then a long, smooth descent where we found ourselves cruising at 27-29 miles an hour, and hitting 40 when we put in some effort. I'd been told that the ride is typically windy, but yesterday it was calm and warm, with a high of 80 degrees.

I was with a group of 7 guys from PAA and the Rose Bowl, and we ended up were working a pretty effective pace line from mile 50 to 70 or so. We ended up collecting a small peloton behind us, and it was a good feeling to hear them thanking and cheering us as we all turned into the 70 mile SAG stop.