Very nice day today on the trail and at the coast. Gina sat our resting for tomorrow's GMR ride so I rode with an old friend Tony. Old friend not only as in friends for 35 years but also as in old ha ha! Jose ( El Monarcha) also joined us for the ride. I figured we could take turn pulling since it was just the 3 of us. Went pretty well for the most part. On the return we were joined by Pete, Mark and Rick. Hung together for the most part but trying to record and ride with one hand at 23 mph gets pretty tiring. I'd hang in there till I got tired then reach back to place the recorder in my jersey pocket with hopes to recover. Happened several times but just when I get ready to relax, another rider would come to the front and lift the pace. At one point Tony was doing 25 and I just couldn't recover so I said I'm dropping back. He eased the pace so that I could recover but just then Mark went around and blasted off. At this point I couldn't respond. We had done a good pace into the wind earlier so I was cooked and had no choice but to back off for a breath of fresh air. t this point I just sat up and figured I'd do my own pace but Pete hung back with me. We rode side by side for a bit then I recovered some so we lifted the pace back up a bit. Pete was still looking strong so he offered his wheel then trowed me in! I did get a little fried today but it's cool, set a few Strava PR's and an 18 mph average.
Oh, forgot to mention the bad part of the ride. 7 miles in I get stung on the thigh by a bee, hate those little suckers! ;-(
At the coast we met up with a few friends, Alex2, Steve the senior skating champion and The Ambassador Louie. Along with Ray Clone and Ron minus the Dixie. The two guys were on a century from Encanto Park. That would give Ray a good chance to experience his new bike, carbon Torelli. Looked pretty happy with it, should it's a sweet bike!
Hey, I gave him that as a present on his birthday!
Henry training for his 4000 mile tour
Alex showing off his new jersey
Louie showing off his Sikad Bayan jersey
Pete showing off his inner thoughts
Pete showing off his serious look
Ray Clone showing off his new carbon
TC showing off his glasses
TC showing of his HR monitor
Ray Clone showing off his bike
Ray Clone showing off his thumb
Champion skater Steve (left) showing off his friend Mark
Rick showing off his Specialized Logos
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