But I'm not going to say I regret riding 1,500 miles in the month of May, May is bike month after all.
Highlights of the month of excess include a few epic rides that we started calling 'Bad Decisions Rides' and which I never want to forget.
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My bikes take me to some pretty rad places with some amazing people! |
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Before we knew how much suffering was in store :) |
Bad decisions Santa Monica Hills Edition: Carl, Esther, Nikki and I rode all the miles with all the ocean views. We climbed until our legs almost fell off, laughed until I almost peed my chamois and drank cokes at the most ghetto gas station in the fanciest place. We had endless ocean views for the second half of the day and 125 miles with 13,000ft ascent to ponder just how many bottle of GQ6 and water are the right amount. Conclusion: 7 bottles, 2 with GQ-6 (all I had, but they had the endurance formula so that was rad!) 3 water (thanks rando man with the hose at the top of Mulholland) , 1 with Gatorade thanks to ghetto gas station and 1 with cucumber water from the ice cream shop I had free sample at. The ride concluded with me gorging on peanut butter stuffed pretzels while driving back to pick up poor shelled Nikki and Esther from the side of the road, followed by a meal at Peddler's Fork in Calabassas (and stem cell treatment for dessert?!).
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I brought this babe and was not unhappy about the 30 tooth little ring on the Deer Creek Climb! |

These girlies are so much fun to ride with (we missed you Lauren!!), and can we just talk about how Carl is the lone dude with three chicks... isn't it usually one girl with a group of guys in the cycling world?!
The weekend before that was an epic bad decision day, but you already read all about BWR and the suffering/drama that went along with that. Still a little shocked with how well the overall ride went and how high my HR was for the first 3 hours... that's gotta do some long term damage!
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Cruising through the dirt, wondering what not riding a bike feels like... at this point I was so ready to be done. |
How Lauren feels about me 80 miles in... hahahaha |
So as we begin the month of June, one I hope will be a month of self control and solid training, when I look back on May I'm super grateful for so many amazing rides, the bikes that took me to so many great places, and the friends who suffered through those rides with me.
And I am especially grateful for Carl, who is always up for almost any amount of suffering and who somehow continues to keep up despite being an 'old man' haha, jk Carl, you will never be old if you keep this up!
Carl suffering through our last ride in April, a 55 mile epic shred fest in Wrightwood. |
Such a NUTTER! I love your bad ideas, I just wish I had your legs to do it!
ReplyDeleteFunny you mention Coke and Snickers for nutrition. We used to eat/drink those on long marathon training runs when I lived in South Africa over thirty years ago! There were no energy bars/shots/drinks back then, just fanny packs with box juices and some money for coles and chocky bars lol!! Fun days!
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