Rode the 5th annual edition of the Santa Barbara Century with Pete, Chuck, Andy, Johnny, Judy and her husband, Carl. We constituted the Adobo Velo team this year for the team time trial climb up Gibraltar, and did surprisingly well, coming in 5th out of 12 teams. I rode easy prior to the climb, and hard afterwards, playing "border collie" after I finished the climb (putting in an extra 7 miles and thousand feet, or so, after climbing hard as we rode along Camino Cielo, and then circling back to the end of the group), and pulling at a brisk pace once we reached Cathedral Oaks, all the way back to the finish. The weather was perfect, and the views of the ocean from Camino Cielo were very good. Really, just a great, fun day of riding! Notes: 39.0 miles and 3200' of climbing before the TT climb up Gibraltar, at a modest 14.2 mph avg speed. Timed section of climb, 6.3 miles and 2633' (avg grade 8.3%) in 50:40 (avg speed 7.5 mph); avg pulse 170.5 bpm (177 bpm max; it took about 5 min for my heart rate to ramp up to 170 from 144). After the Cathedral Oaks rest stop, 26.2 mi, 953'/-1109', 17.9 mph avg, 135.6 bpm avg.