Day 3: Bremerton,WA to South Bend,WA
Miles on the Road: 100 (although, I will admit, at the end of today's ride I did do circles on my bike in the motel parking lot for about 2 1/2 minutes just to get in the century.....the people in this town must think I'm crazy......but that's good that they know.....because I am crazy.)
Weather: mostly cloudy, temps in the 60's and 70's.....and prob. 50's near the end of the ride......a little nippy for MMRR as I had to put on my "sleeves"
Terrain: Hills, hills, and more hills. We got pounded.
Wind: We faced a very stiff headwind for good chunks of the ride today. Man, that was tough. It got me thinking about songs
that have to do with "wind"......you know, like "Wind of Change" -by the Scorpions and then there's "Against the Wind"
by Bob Seger and also, one of my favorites....."Come Sail Away" -Styx
Roadkill: We saw several deer and a few birds.
# of times that I wanted to "clothesline" (Macho Man Randy Rand style) a few car drivers that were traveling to fast today: 6
# of cars/drivers that I actually chased down and did this too: 2
# of times my Sensae told me to sweep the leg: 1
# of times that I obeyed: 1
# of times the great outdoors was a restroom for me today: 2
(ok, I apologize, that's probably TMI for some of you.....however, there have been MANY that have asked)
What my fortune cookie from Chen's Chinese restaurant read:
"A shooting star tonight will bring you good luck tomorrow."
SUMMARY OF TODAY'S RIDE.........
Well, we ended up riding a century today. It wasn't on the schedule, but here we are anyways in the "Oyster Capital of the World".....South Bend, WA. We logged in a few extra miles because of the incoming rain that is suppose to hit the coast tomorrow. So, now we're looking at closer to 60 miles tomorrow instead of 90. Hopefully we'll miss most of the precipitation.
Quick summary of the ride: Day 3 was definitely the most difficult so far. My legs feel more tired right now than they do sore.
Last night I went to sleep still feeling like I was on a bike. I did become slightly dehydrated by the end of the ride (even with the cool temps) but was able to make it to the end. It's so important to stay fueled, but such an easy thing to overlook.
HEY WASHINGTON STATE.....IT'S BEEN REAL FUN.........
but we've gotta go. Tomorrow's ride is from South Bend,WA to Seaside,OR.....straight down Highway 101. Appr. 62 miles on the bike.
WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO.......
is seeing my friends, The Siraks, and my friend, Mike Coberly, tomorrow in Seaside,OR. Mike and The Sirak's live in Portland and they are making the drive out to Seaside to eat dinner with us after we ride tomorrow. Many of you will recall that last summer Jolynn Sirak had a HUGE garage sale and raised over $1,000 for Ethiopia/Hunger Ride. Well, what you probably don't know is that she did the same thing again this year and raised about the same amount! How cool is that?!? You know what, I'm not sure that can fit on the coolness/radness scale. Off the charts for sure.
3 Comments:
I like that you're growing your beard out Tom...It makes you look like a Camp 18 lumberjack.
Slappy
Tom and Stephen, Great job, nice job on finishing the century!
One tip on the borderline dehydration: S-H-A-R-K-I-E-S!
Hey Bones, great blog. What the heck is clotheslining a car, though? you need to explain that. Your hair is looking mightly wooly....
Anne
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