Northern California centuries are here again!

The temperature is rising, the days are nice and long, and cyclists are racking up the miles. What better way to celebrate Spring and the coming start of Summer than with a lovely 100 miler or metric century in Northern California? Bay Area cyclists have two great rides to choose from this Sunday May 17th, the 4th Annual Foothill Century in Sunnyvale and Strawberry Fields Forever in Watsonville. Here's some background about both rides.

The Foothill Century (100K, 50K, and 10K distances), sponsored by the South Peninsula Hebrew Day School is rather unique in that it is "The Only Kosher Ride in the West!" They will be serving all kosher food at the rest stops - how cool! If you don't know what Kosher means then you either aren't Jewish or you haven't been paying attention to anything your whole life. Per Wikipedia -Kosher foods are those that conform to the rules of Jewish religion. Reasons for food being non-kosher include the presence of ingredients derived from non-kosher animals or from kosher animals that were not properly slaughtered, a mixture of meat and milk, wine or grape juice produced by only Rabbi, the use of produce from Israel that has not been tithed, or even the use of cooking utensils and machinery which had previously been used for non-kosher food. Now you know! So if you want to get a great workout this Sunday, want support a good group of kids, and eat some tasty Kosher treats, I think you've found your event. Go sign up, there are still open spots. When you're done please let Zoomzer know what you thought of the event. http://zoomzer.com/races/view/4671

The other ride this Sunday is one of my favorites, Strawberry Field's Forever. Why do I love this race so much? I love it for numerous reasons, namely the start is less than 10 miles from Zoomzer headquarters, they serve insane amounts of delicious food along the course, and the views are beautiful. (Granted, I am sure the afore mentioend Foothill Century is just as grand, but I've never had the opportunity to attend!) The Strawberry Field ride also holds a dear spot in my heart because it was part of the inspiration for starting Zoomzer. At the half way lunch stop the race director was passing around a yellow legal pad asking for the rider's feedback. Zoomzer knew there had to be a better way, not only to gather racer feedback but also to share that feedback with other riders. Inspiration... thank you Strawberry Fields! If you'd like to see some past reviews on this race or want to leave your own, check out the Zoomzer race page at http://zoomzer.com/races/view/115

Have a great ride and wear those helmets!

-Zoomzer

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