Solo 20 miles from Pico to City of Hope (west side of dam and 605). Average of 14.4 wanting to do an easy pace after a longer ride on Sunday. Seems to be my pattern nowadays, long day then recovery ride. But today was an awesome day, feel freaking great! Not sure why, was it the ice-cream last night? Was it the wonderful evening with my Honey? Was it just a great day?
A bit windy on the way up but boy I felt good, did I say that already? Legs were stiff for about a mile then I loosened up nicely. Kept my easy pace trying to relax on the way up thinking it was too easy and figuring I'd suffer on the return, the way down which is usually tougher than the way up on this trail. But nope, turned around and cruised back as well though a bit windy. Heart rate was steady and fine feeling freaking great, did I say that already? Ha ha ha!
Nothing eventful, just a great ride! Not to mention, the new JBL buds worked great today. Much better than the Samsung Galaxy buds that cost me twice the price of the JBL. Having a nice pair of headphones from Sony that sound awesome, another pair of JBL lower end that don't sound just quite as good as the Sony but much better connection while playing on my laptop. Auto connect to the LT and my cell simultaneously so that's awesome. I really liked the setup of the JBL so I went out and bought a better model of JBL to match the Sony and so now, they sound great and great connections. I keep the Sony because I bought them ha ha ha! They sound good though but at times, not too often, they lose connection with the laptop and when it does, it really annoys me even if for 2 or 3 seconds. The JBL don't lose it at all either set of headphones. They sound great!
So having a beotch of a time with the Samsung buds, I'm fed up so I tried the more inexpensive JBL buds. On yesterday's ride, I did lose connection two or three times lowering my head to the handlebars as I wiped my tires for debris. As long as I did not lower my head that low, they were fine. But today, I used them and they were awesome, didn't lost the connection not once and I was closer to powerlines and in the area than affects the Samsung most times. So I was really happy today.
Yesterday I had trouble updating the firmware on the cell and a bit frustrated. But after the ride, I clicked on the app and the buds updated nicely, sweet! Then I god home and tried connecting them to my laptop which went well and easy today, Not sure why it was so tough yesterday. I guess the buds wanted to make sure I was going to keep them before they decided to play nice ha ha ha! So all is sweet with the JBL buds now!
BTW, the JBL Race 2 buds I got have a run time of 48 hours. On yesterday's ride, 20 miles in arriving at the coast, I still had 85% power left. With the Samsung, I usually have about 30% and have to charge them before heading back. Love it!
After the ride, Gina and I made a trip to my hometown for a visit to a favorite restaurant of ours. Good food and for being a Mexican restaurant, they have the best ever fries anywhere! Not sure why the fries are so good but they are ha ha ha!
City of Hope in the background.
My usual breakfast before a ride.. Couple of eggs and a couple of turkey sausage. Before a 45 miler, same meal and nothing more on the ride. Maybe a bottle of Liquid IV if the temps are 90 or more. If it's cooler, too much stuff in my system will just make me feel sick. Not sure why people need so much stuff on rides.