Day Thirty Seven - Too Long

Day Thirty Seven – Too Long

Nipomo To Carpenteria

Daily Brief (In Haiku)

A very long day
Rusty is a transformer
Cool ocean breeze rocks

The Ride

It was a long day, I’m tired and I know everyone else is as well. It’s getting harder to type with the loss of dexterity in my fingers due to leaning on my wrists for six weeks, but it should come back soon. Shaun used to be unable to straighten out his finger, we think it was a pinched nerve, but it’s better now.

The Morning went well, Pam Quinn (My Aunt) had given us shelter for the night and fed us well in the morning. The rest of the day went well, although Rusty ran over a rock, and Russ ran over a grate, which he didn’t remember until his dad told him. Although Russ did remember running over the rumble strips and almost losing control. I got a personal massage from them as well. I digress, the start of the ride reminded us of Idaho with the open fields and hills. It was also hot like Idaho, actually it was probably the warmest we’ve felt in awhile. We were really sweating for awhile there. We were rewarded for our effort with an nice downhill, 7.5% downhill grade for 2 miles. Rusty hit 53 MPH himself on the way down.

While were on the subject, I think it’s about time we mentioned Rusty’s secret downhill ability. When riding normal, he looks like any other rider, but when we hit any downhill he transforms into speed racer. He does so by tucking into a small ball and hiding behind his handle bars. The effect is he usually ends up at the bottom of the hill before any of us. It’s pretty intense, trust me.

After the downhill run we went a little further and finally came to the ocean. This meant a cool ocean breeze that kept us from heating up and pushed us forward as well. We actually came across a nice beach today, the kind you envision when you think of California. Ya know, sunny, tons of sand, lots of people, etc

As we went, we didn’t know how to get to Carpenteria, but thankfully we came across a local bicyclist who showed us the way. He showed us all the way into town. That was such a life saver.

We all checked into hotels and went to grab some food and crashed.

Daily Stats
Distance: 109.56
Time: 6:28
Avg Speed: 16.9
Max Speed: 53.0

Total Distance: 2390.42

P&C Pushups: 100+