Sunday, May 11, 2008
After Jeremiah’s phenomenal wedding over the weekend and some daytime activities with the old college roommates on Sunday, Steph and I hit the road by 3pm, leaving the glitz of West Hollywood for our northbound cycling expedition. We cruised the familar path to the ocean, as Jesse and I had done a few times over the weekend, rolling down Rodeo Drive and then Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade and Pier. Then we turned north onto the boardwalk and into a raging headwind. Now we had been warned about that from Jeremiah (a local surf condition guru) and others, but we’re hoping that when we pass the E-W coastline to the N-S one past Santa Barbara, that’ll cool down. But it is tough pushing through that stuff… Barely breaking 30 km/h on downhills and spending lots of flats in the small chainring. But we’ve got manageable mileage over the next 2 days so no problems. Getting stuck on the Pacific Coast highway in Malibu and on unpaved grooved roads really sucked, but eventually we avoided as much as we could thanks to Natascha, our lended GPS friend (big thanks Danny). First night was in the Oxnard marina with dinner choices including Subway and Carl’s Jr. No thanks. Pizza delivery from Toppers arrived in 15 minutes to depleted and lethargic us. 105km this afternoon was very impressive considering, and we’re on track! Viva la victour (borrowed from Elzinga, the eternal and legendary victour partner)!
105km