Recovery
I did a recovery ride today. Though I did catch myself racing some invisible rival a few times, I think I did a better job than most times of using this ride for recovery. I rode up 49 toward Grass Valley, turned onto Dry Creek Road and on through the regional park where I made a few laps around the little pond/mini lake they have there. Then it was back up 49 off through a residential area for just a quick loop and a nice little climb, and then home after a nice cool down around our neighborhood. I was quite tempted to grunt out the steep 20+% grade climb up the street my house sits at the base of, but disciplined myself out of that, remembering it was a recovery ride.
After the ride I realized I still had quite a bit of fluid left in my bottles and made a mental note to remember how important it is to hydrate and fuel on a set schedule. About 4 miles into the ride I inadvertently stopped my Garmin so I can't post a link to an accurate route map.