Feel Fine...
Today was a super great day...so...I'm hoping 2010 will be a really good year...hopefully a really good decade...
Since the legs have been feeling really spent lately I didn't expect much today, but, when I jumped on the bike this afternoon, they felt OK and even somewhat peppy. So, I decided to do a long ride out to Hawaii Kai and back. And, for the first time (maybe ever), I had an unbelievable ride out AND back.
When you hear someone say, "May the Wind Always Be At Your Back," after today, I really know how wonderful this is....especially with today's beautiful clear blue skies and perfect riding weather...
On the way out, with some pretty decent southerlies I was feeling fine and pretty easily rolling a 53-13/14ish gear on Nimitz, then Kalakaua, then Diamond Head Road and Kal Hwy. I was thinking I better not go too hard since it's going to be HARD riding back all the way home. But I couldn't resist, the speed felt so good...so...I kept on rolling the big gears all the way out. Up Lunalilo Home Road it was 53-12 and I'm flying way over 25 thinking...man, it's going to be a grind all the way home.
Took the left at the fire station and the wind feels not that bad...round bend back towards the ocean and it's not that bad again. Hit Kal Hwy and I'm flying back in the 53-14ish and I'm thinking What's Up??? Of course...the winds have somehow magically switched from Kona into into a light trade somewhere in Hawaii Kai and it's smooth smooth sailing all the way back!!!
Got home feeling spent, but great. Man!!!...what a great first long ride of 2010...
Kuraki Mai - Feel Fine
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For 2010 - "May The Wind Always Be At Your Back..."
Since the legs have been feeling really spent lately I didn't expect much today, but, when I jumped on the bike this afternoon, they felt OK and even somewhat peppy. So, I decided to do a long ride out to Hawaii Kai and back. And, for the first time (maybe ever), I had an unbelievable ride out AND back.
When you hear someone say, "May the Wind Always Be At Your Back," after today, I really know how wonderful this is....especially with today's beautiful clear blue skies and perfect riding weather...
On the way out, with some pretty decent southerlies I was feeling fine and pretty easily rolling a 53-13/14ish gear on Nimitz, then Kalakaua, then Diamond Head Road and Kal Hwy. I was thinking I better not go too hard since it's going to be HARD riding back all the way home. But I couldn't resist, the speed felt so good...so...I kept on rolling the big gears all the way out. Up Lunalilo Home Road it was 53-12 and I'm flying way over 25 thinking...man, it's going to be a grind all the way home.
Took the left at the fire station and the wind feels not that bad...round bend back towards the ocean and it's not that bad again. Hit Kal Hwy and I'm flying back in the 53-14ish and I'm thinking What's Up??? Of course...the winds have somehow magically switched from Kona into into a light trade somewhere in Hawaii Kai and it's smooth smooth sailing all the way back!!!
Got home feeling spent, but great. Man!!!...what a great first long ride of 2010...
Kuraki Mai - Feel Fine
]
For 2010 - "May The Wind Always Be At Your Back..."
Labels: Bike Stories, cycling, My Kind of Music, Training
posted by dancedream2002 @ 12:52 AM
2 Comments:
At 7:31 PM, January 03, 2010,
Unknown said…
Happy New Year Steven!
Haven't talked to you in a while! Hope all is well!!! Come visit us soon!! Maybe you'd like to transfer back? hahaha!
-eileen
At 11:46 PM, January 05, 2010,
Anonymous said…
Hi Ai...Happy New Year to you too!
Hope things are going well for you and everyone else at the start of this new year! Hope your holidays went good too.
But...re. transfering back?????????????
Lol...take care!
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