60 Mile Bonker…. Sort of. I’m okay though, really.
Today was my first long ride in about 3 weeks with the BBKings. Paragliding kept me busy for the last few weekends, and boy o boy… I’ve gotten OUT OF SHAPE! 3 weeks away from riding with the BBKings and my endurance and stamina definitely took a toll. I felt myself starting to bonk at about mile 50. Grrr…. NOT GOOD…
Triple D (Deanster, Dino, Dean) and I took off from Calabassas this morning to Old Topanga toward Mulholland, to Hidden Valley and back. As usual, I was the only girl. :-\ I guess it’s nice? But it would be nice to have another woman to ride with. Anyhoos, I still don’t know any of the turns to Old Topanga as I just followed D’s ass in front of me, trying to draft as much as possible. Somehow I split off from the group and rode on my own for about 10 miles toward Hidden Valley, daydreaming away… I did almost get hit by a Maserati in Hidden Valley - another typical old guy on a cell phone. If the lane to my left wasn’t empty, I would have been toast. :-\
I rode about 5 hours today. Bum is sore (maybe the new shorts… or maybe the 3 weekends away from doing long rides,… :-\), legs were burning up the hills (not cramping though), and I’m completely famished.
O, and you wanted pictures, here are some pictures! Pictures of what I daydreamed about today… Some of my favorite things, places, and people…
New Bike: Orbea Diva - speed machine, speed rocket, my current love.
Shanghai - fond memories…
Pig on a boat at Floating Market on Mekong Delta… that was a fun day…
Hangzhou - another time, another place…
Big Sur - Mur
Big Sur - parawaiting
Training Hill in Santa Barbara
Snow, SLC
View from the air
Kitesurfing in Baja
Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Bintan
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