Solo 31 Recovery Post GMR / Watch ? & Blog Stats

 Solo 31 miles aiming for 20 but just felt so good, I kept going. Went for a nice spin to relax the legs 🦵 after GMR. Not sure what happens on GMR but felt like something woke up my muscles because after 5 miles or so, felt great! But I'll take it , always a good feeling 👍 great! Who knows, maybe the 2 eggs 🥚 and a 🌽 corn tortilla. 😄

Ha ha ha I got 3 Local Legend medals on Strava.  I don't try,  just riding but I guess that makes it funny.  I got an alert couple days back saying someone took my LL but after today's ride,  I got 3. 😄

Always A HOLE cyclists. People worry that the golf course will stop cyclists from using the lot but in return,  do they follow any kind of rules? No and they go in to use the facilities, at no price.  These people piss me off. Always crying how nobody respects cyclists but the A Holes can't even return the courtesy.  2 guys riding their bikes right up to the door, I wanted to bitch slap both of them. 😄

Did run into a dude I met before at the course patio. Last time he was cycling,  this time hiking.  We had a good chat last time and another good one today.  Plenty of etiquette talk and helping other cyclists on how to be a good rider. David,  cool guy. He must have said today that I took the words right out of his mouth.  I would say something then he would say he was just about to say that.  Then he labeled me as a competent rider saying he could tell I knew my stuff, what matters as far as safe habits,  riding,  and earning respect.  I'll take it! Must be a cool guy if he's wise enough to realize this ha ha ha! 

Of course we were talking about how cyclists earn their respect when those two morons rode up and into the golf course area. 🙄 

I asked if he participated on cycling internet platforms and he said no. With the explanation that I've heard from several other good riders, the net is filled with fools who really have no clue. 😄

Mt ⌚️ watch

Cool deal! Hanging out at the empty mall, I came across one of the very few shops still open. Little jewelry/watch store. Saw a sign saying battery change $8 and up. I walked in to ask about my Casio I got like 20 years ago. Always paid about 10 bucks for a new battery, then $20 last few years, inflation. 🤣 

I returned today with the watch and yup dude said $10. Quick and easy. Quiet kind of grumpy guy but I got him laughing. Like 5 minutes and that included a few jokes. Sadly the mall is supposed to be closing but nobody really knows when. So he gave me his personal number in case itcdoes close, I can still get service. 

One of the things we talked about, few weeks ago I asked a shop at the other mall but they wanted $65. 😵‍💫 Are you freaking kidding me?!😠 So I put it off. I do have like 7 watches but this is a simple practical every day watch and glows like a mothuh in the dark. 😄

So its done, $10 but I gave im $20. Hecwas happy but so am I. But the mall dupposedly closing but who knows when, he gave me his number just in case. Cool older Asian dude who says he works cheaper because he doesn't have to pay fancy people to run his shop. 

Little history on the watch. I saw it about 25 years ago, $55. Just liked it. I thought about buying it but didn't. Saw it again a year later, but $75. Hmmm. Then a year later, Gina saw it at Costco for $55 again. So she bought it then brought it home to surprise me. 😊 Everybody needs a wife like this! ❤️ 

20 years later, actually about a year ago, I saw the same model on eBay, used, no strap selling for $200. What?! 😲

Turns out thiscwatch is called The Arnie. Arnold wore it in a couple movies. Kindergarten Cop and Denzel wore it in a movie as well. 

SCORE !!! 😁😁😁

Amazing to me viewing my stats that people in other countries view my stuff. Thousands in places I would never expect. I can almost hear what they're saying in other languages, "that freaking Mr. Beanz!!!" ha ha ha!

GMR with TC and Sandra

 18 miles with 2500 ft gain. Haven't been up in years so it's about time. Just a ride to test the waters, see what we have been missing. Will do it again real soon. This was just a reminder on what it's like to hit The Shack. Tour type ride having fun. Turns out Sandra is a really good descender. I think she lead the way most of the way down without batting an eye lash ha ha ha! Took some pics at the Wall saddle before the fork. I usually pick the best one but all of the Sandra pics looked pretty good.

Funny, now looking back on the video, the section where I was joking about Sandra offering a date, she said, "no, the kind of date that you eat." Uhhh after further review, uhh yes, there are some dates that a guy would like to eat. 😆😄😆

Om another note, TC posted on his strava about posting his worst strava time ever on the climb.  Looking back, my best was 10 years back as far as strava times. This ride was mostly at a relaxed pace. I stopped 3 times with TC, back tracked 3 times to regroup but only 17 minutes off my best. Heck, after a few times to get acquainted with the climb again,  I might not be too far off challenging my best. Not bad for an old 62 year old.  But actually my best in 2005 is 56 minutes and that was heading to the village,  another 13 miles not having gone all out on the climb to the shack 8 miles. But hey, good to know that in the last 10 years,  I might not have lost too much. 

Heck, I know plenty of riders that wouldn't even do it t 35 years old ha ha ha. 

A good day! Bike ride, lunch and chatting n laughing with TC over a chili cheese burger and onion rings. Then street tacos at the mall for dinner. Then a coffee ☕️ and soda with my Honey. I probably undid everything I gained from the bike ride but that's cool, it was a fun day. 😄

Fat Bastard 46 & Poli (video)

 pics for now

I always laugh at how strong Gina has always been. But I think she bent the truth a bit. I got her riding about age 32 years old. She says she had never ridden bicycles much but now I see she must have been pulling my leg ha ha a! I do remember the first year I started riding. I would do a 25 mile ride while timing myself on the first half of the ride to the beach from Anaheim. It took me 56 minutes. I finally improved over time but then I got Gina a bike so we could exercise together. Rode around home for a couple weeks so she could get used to the bike. She said they didn't have bikes as kids so she wasn't very good. Then I took her to the bike trail to do the 25 miles. It took me a long time to better my 56 minutes. But Gina had just started riding a couple weeks earlier and the first time doing that ride, she was able to do that section in 41 minutes. WHAT!!! 😄She said she never rode bikes before but I saw evidence that she wasn't exactly telling the truth and that she had been on the bike before. 😆😄😆

It's funny because Gina is so strong and well natured that I just can't imagine her crying as a baby. I can imagine her just looking up like she's going to say, so can I just like have a bottle now? Ha ha ha!

Never EZ with Wind

 30 windy miles. 💨 Pico to Encanto Park. Wore my Bones jersey hoping the wind would go right through me, didn't help. 🤣 Tried going easy but turning around into MORE wind, figured I'd increase the effort hoping for a workout. That worked, my HR was up. 😁

Did run into a dude, Terry at the end of the ride. Saw his nice Pinarello so I started asking questions. Turned out to be a pretty experienced rider so we had some good conversation. Chatted for a bit then he headed off, back to the coast from Pico. Cool dude and looking good for being a mature dude, a little more mature than me ha ha ha!

Just after the nature center on the return, I decided to take a couple pics. Employees driving by prolly thought I was a nut standing out there in the middle of nowhere.

Local Legend, Me? 😄

 Solo 26 miles. I just got the Local Legend 👑 on Strava today ha ha ha! I did try to go easy but the dang wind has been kicking up lately. Not even sure if there's such a thing as easy now with the wind season approaching. I did stop to pose for a couple pics but noticed my legs look more stressed than just riding the bike. Well, nobody ever said it was easy posing for pictures. 😄 I did get another PR as well, I'll take it. 😁

My usual salad late night.  Discovered these onion things,  OMG I'm an addict. Wally World brand , Good Value,  mmmm!

Coffee and a diet soda for Gina after a good fresh taco dinner.  🌮 Not so sure it did me any good today but they sure were good. Gina knows just how I like them,  slightly fried but soft.

Then the post ride meal.  Sizzler,  just the right portions.  My steak and a soup.  Gina gets a steak with the salad bar.