So, I didn't do a LA-SD ride like I was going to do. Instead, I did a OC-Camp Pendleton ride, roughly 90 miles round trip. I started at 2pm and ended up going back to Peggy's house in Tustin at 8:30pm in the dark. On the way back, I ate at this burger joint in San Clemente, and hit a pot hole and got a flat. That delayed about 30 minutes. Got back to Irvine, pitch black, freezing my ass off, with cycling lights. Stupid google direction got me going to the wrong way for about another 15 minutes. Overall, a good experience. Will I do this again. Ah... may be not alone. (Juan, I know you are reading this, you said you will do one)
Once I passed the front gate on base, the headwind was a serious business. I went from 18-19 mph to 10-11 mph. By the way, Camp Pendleton is a huge base with miles of shooting range and big forest.
I wanted to turnaround here, but was curious to see that's over the hill. 5-10 minutes later, I climbed over and there was nothing. I took a little relieve up there, and start heading back.
Lesson Learned:
My weakness: 1) hills 2) headwind
My strength: the opposite of above... lol No serious, I need flat + a little tail wind = my strength
HAHA... Chris Lieto actually has a very good chance to win this one. He may have figured out how to run the last 5 miles of the race. I also follow his blog once a while, looks like he is training a lot with the marathoners. For the female side, we all know that Christie is going to take this one again. Can't wait to see this in Oct. The one that I am really waiting for is Lance coming to Kona in 2011.
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