Monday, June 16, 2008

Swami's Ride Day 2

Posted by Tim

I went on another ride with the club yesterday morning.  It was supposed to be a nice recovery ride so I wasn't really worried about it.  Good thing I didn't know better.  It was very tough with 3200 feet of climbing in 39 miles.  I've never climbed that much in one day.  I did decently well, considering all the hills, but started cramping towards the end.  It's amazing that each mile we went inland it was about a degree warmer.  Needless to say it got really hot.

 

After the ride I moved to the Motel 6 in South Carlsbad.  It is a ghost town now after the open is mostly over and it's great.  I finally went down to the beach and walked around in the sand.  I decided to finally get in the ocean and man it was pretty cold.  The good news is that it was bearable and at least now I know I can get in without a wetsuit.  I swam around and body surfed.  It was the first time I was in the ocean since 1998.

 

Even though I didn't do much in Dallas the last few years, it's really a little tough being out here and not knowing a soul.  At least I'm not in the middle of Kansas as the beauty makes it more tolerable.  Just not being great at making friends as it is creates a challenge moving to a brand new area.  I have to be patient though as things will evolve.

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