The third race of the grasshopper series was Saturday. The weather conditions were perfect, it was dumping rain, howling wind, and very cold. It took us out over King’s Ridge, which is very hilly and consists of narrow winding roads with plenty of gravel and cattle guards. Over two-thirds of the pack didn’t finish the race. I rode the entire event with Eric from Oakland. It was his first Grasshopper race, and his first race since 1988. In hindsight, he thought it was a great time. It was his wife’s birthday, so they had come up together for a weekend in Healdsburg. We went out with them last night (Sunday) for a couple of pints (Pliney the Elder at Russian River Brewery) and some Indian food. We have the next couple of days off, and the weather is going to be sunny and in the 70’s. Tomorrow we will get out for a nice long bike ride, today is running and swimming. Training has been going good, I’ve taken some time off from running, but will get back into it today.