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doing the 40 mile bike ride around the east end of the island .... and over the old pali roads .... today.....

.. only one drawback.... for some.....
..it;s raining really hard today....

...... and the rain is supposed to last all day and get worse later.....

.... .... but that won;t really be
much a drawback for me....... i love doing this ride in the rain...... plus this ride has more starbucks along the way to make pit stops at.....

be back later.........

we are back...... and soaking wet.....

.. ...it didn;t rain the entire way.... but on the parts where it did rain it rained hard...... ... this is what
the mountains above the pali look like when it rains heavy in the ko'olaus ..... and this is what we say any time the rain let up enough for us to
even see the mountains...... ..... could have used a canoe for a few parts of the ride.... but it was still an awesome day...... cleaned...oiled and
regreased my bike as soon as i got back...... now gotta the other one ready for the 114 mile ride coming up next week.....

You must be exhausted!

(06-01-2016, 04:22 AM)JrChurch Wrote: [ -> ]You must be exhausted!

very exhausted..... and all my bicycling muscles are sore too... and tight......

...... but this ride is not nearly as exhausting as the 114 mile ride coming up next week...... .... only the hard core riders make the full 114 miles every time we go..... . my core group of friends and me usually stop in haleiwa at the 70 mile mark... eat a big meal then take a bus home....

..... but that ride is always followed by a full day of rest the next day....... for me anyway...... .... the hard core riders could get off their bike and run 26 miles immediately afterward...... plus swim 2 miles before they even get on their bike...... ....... they train for those kinds of ironman triathlons..... ........... but as for me?......i;m still out there just to have fun..... ....... and even though it;s super long rides it really is still fun......... for now........ ......i;m sure that will change one day.....

this is the ride that is coming up next week again........ the hard core riders will ride the entire circuit....... by as for me and a few friends....
we will most likely stop at haleiwa.... (the spot on the map on the north shore where the road leaves the coastline and head back across
the center of the island..).... and then we take the bus home from there.... ... it;s been a long time since i made the entire 114 miles.... and
it;s not likely to happen next week....... but eventually i want to start finishing that entire ride again more often..... ........ eventually.......

I can't imagine riding that circuit, not even if I was being chased. Cool

(06-01-2016, 07:35 PM)JrChurch Wrote: [ -> ]I can't imagine riding that circuit, not even if I was being chased.

they are planning to go this wednesday.....so i spent this morning making sure my road bike is ready..... ... but they are also trying to convince me and our other friends to sign up with them for the tinman triathlon on july 24th.....it;s being held on this island and starts off in kapiolani park.. ... i already told them no way.... but one of my room mates is considering doing it..... the biking part of that is only 25 miles and the swim part is 750 meters...... that alone would be hard enough.... i;m not a distance swimmer at all..... but i am even less of a distance runner and the running part is a little over 6 miles......

..... i can bicycle all day long - but running is a different story... and i would be lucky to make it running 1 mile...... ...but my room mate thinks she can do it..... .......of course she knows once the race starts our triathlete friends are going to take off and leave her behind.... but she says she will consider it an accomplishment just to finish.... even if it;s last place....

i don;t see how our friends can even ride at all right now... they just did the epic 5 a month ago which is like doing a complete ironman triathlon every day for 5 days in a row..... then rested less than a week and raced in the north shore triathlon...... they called that one just a cooling off race after the epic 5..... ..... but anyway..... i;ll ride with them wednesday..probably only as far as haleiwa... though they will be many miles ahead already by then..... then i;ll wave at them as we go by on the bus a couple of hours later headed into town..... ... a few times they have even beaten us back into town even though we were on the bus...... ..... for them all of this... even the other races.... is nothing more than training getting them ready for the biggest event of all..... the ironman triathlon at kailua-kona big island... which is coming up in september...... ...... they enter it every year....... ..... but me?..... i watch it on tv with a pizza and super sized dr pepper.......

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