At the beginning of the ride I headed to Yorba Park from the fire station on Orangewood. Ran into Ron ) Pinoybenter on the forums). We rode side by side doing a cruise pace while carrying a conversation about life. Yeah life, why Gina has not been on the bike in 5 months and lives at the hospital while I try to fight off this old age ha ha! We did have a nice chat about how we ride to ride now and really don't go out to race people, just enjoying the ride in our old age. :-P
He did ask about Eyemage and mentioned he hadn't seen him on the forum. I think Eyemage ran off with one of his neighbors or something and is in hiding! :-P
At Yorba, I turned and headed back to the coast alone. Sat and hung out with the birds for a while then headed back.
Crazy dude on a hybrid or some kind of MTB came flying by me as I was warming the legs back up. Doing really well, I almost thought he had a motor hidden somewhere on his bike. But he like so many others kept looking back once he passed me. Heck I had no intentions of trying to catch him. I was just doing a cruise today trying to get my mileage back up. But he kept looking back. Okay!
That was the first wooden bridge heading back (North). He got way ahead, almost one entire strip. But maybe 6 miles down the road I noticed I was catching back up to the guy. Still no intentions, just doing my ride. Then he started looking back again, and again, and again, and again! OK mister, it's on now ha ha!
Soon I was about 20 yard behind him and still he kept looking back and pedaling in desperation. Damn, we have about 2 short strips to the Edna Park bridge so I poured it on ha ha! Caught him and blew by him right before the final strip, second to last underpass.
Had to have a little fun with the guy seeing he had been looking back at me for nearly 8 miles. I went slowly across the bridge catching my breath expecting him to roll by but he continued straight at the bridge and headed into the apartments there. Sure was doing a pretty decent pace on the hybrid for the entire 9 miles or so from the coast. I did a 19.6 average from bridge to bridge heading north so he had to be doing a pretty good clip on that hybrid.
I usually don't care if someone passes me but if they keep looking back at you for 10 miles, you better not fade or I'll try to catch you ha ha!
The Beanz crew is getting smaller and smaller, just me today! :-P
Ron (Pinoybenter)
Not bad, other than that gross tat on the back of her arm.
The only dudes that would hang out with me today.
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