I know, I know. It's been a while. Forgive me, I've had so much on my mind and the balance between, work, training and social life has me in a tangle of way too many things and not enough time. So let's hope my memory serves me well and I can tell you about some achievements I'm really proud of.
Santa Monica to Camarillo and back. Did you know that's 90mi? Neither did I. The highlights of the day went like this:
After about 30mi that special place in my back began to hurt a la Wildflower. Fantastic, or more like "oh shit!" in my head. I took the time to stop and stretch and my beautiful, wonderful mentor caught up to me and stopped to see if I was ok.
After a little chat she took off and I started up again but something didn't feel right. Wobbly. I stopped again and realized my tire was flat. Awesome. But I was in good spirits and with a song in my head I began to sway to the music and fix my tire. A coach caught up and with a giggle asked if I was dancing. Of course I was. It's nice to be in a good mood and a song helps. Once the tire was fixed I took off. The difference was amazing! How long had my tire been going flat, cause a full tire felt so much easier!
Wind. Not my friend, unless it's at my back. We've had worse but still it wasn't fun.
This whole time I'm trying to catch up with my mentor, but once we got off PCH there was more wind and frustration. But once we turned around, wheeeeeee! Wind at my back time. And that's about all I can remember of the whole day.
A big lesson learned though, if I take my inhaler at the beginning of the ride and then at the first sign of that tickling cough it prevents it from getting worse. Hallelujah. Now I don't have to worry about work outs that are longer than 5 hours.
Also, having your tires full makes the ride a whole lot easier.
Peace.
