Pasadena Night Hills with Sandra video

 27 miles with 1750 ft of gain last night with Sandra. She's a Cycling Animal. She sent a text the day before asking if I wanted to ride. Yeah ok, hottest day of the week, was 96 degrees when we started and the hills make it hotter ha ha ha! My first time riding in that area but it was nice, cool roads. Felt great when it got dark, love me some night cycling. Good workout and Sandra is shaping into an awesome determined cyclist. Another good ride with Sandra.

I'm going to say Sandra had a little bit of a struggle on the hills but in all fairness, her last ride was 100 miles. The ride before that was like 85 so her legs deserve to be tired though the second part of the ride, she picked it up and was kicking butt again. For comparison, I do a 35 mile ride and my legs are toast so doing 100, she deserves to hate the hills today but she ALWAYS DOES IT like Nike would say.

Her previous ride on Strava was titled Medication Refill Ride. I thought we were doing the course but she actually stopped to pick up her prescription ha ha ha!

Good course too but wish I had a chance to see it in daylight first. Rolling in some sections, I was a bit timid not knowing pot hole, man hole covers but it was actually pretty smooth and clean so I survived ha ha ha!

You know, First rode with Sandra a couple years ago. I thought she was pretty good but still learning a lot about cycling. Like so many, I wondered if she would continue but now, I see she is more than determined. Gotten very strong compared to where she was a couple, a year ago. She mentions not liking to climb but she does and every time I ride with her, she's pushing me up the hills. I like that as it is very motivating seeing that if she didn't, I prolly wouldn't be so concerned about the hills. But heck, I met some really strong women on bikes a couple years back but I would have to say that Sandra is the most determined. Most of the strong women would do whatever they could to avoid the hills and though seeming very strong, once we hit the hills, they suffered. Very fit but not climbers because I feel, they didn't want to be and avoiding the climbs is one way to be sure you will never be a climber. So my hat is off to Sandra who is becoming a very good cyclist.

Not to mention, many of the other women, and even men, being good cyclists, they don't really shine on camera. Not that any of us are super pretty, but the personality really shows when the recording starts. I have to say Sandra is one of the most animated characters I've had the pleasure of recording. Lately, I think she has added plenty to my videos. Heck, if she's in the video, I get more views ha ha ha! If it's me or one of my other buddies, we get a few but Sandra seems to take the cake. But that is cool, gets me more views ha ha ha! But really, you know me, Mr. Beanz looking to entertain the crowds and Sandra has helped plenty and been a pleasure watching her grow as a cyclist. Again, like the hills, I know some good women riders but not as entertaining as Sandra on camera ha ha ha!

The youtube video

Some nice 9% plus grades along the way.