Nice Jersey

While most of the country has suffered from a heatwave, it has been unusually cool this time of year. During the early morning the sun will shine until 9:00 ot 10:00 in the morning by the beach.

I received a nice surprise in the mail from Harry.  He sent me a very nice jersey from a bike centre in Liverpool.  By coincidence when I stopped to take a picture there was a bud light glass waiting there for me.  The glass was empty.

This past weekend I did an easy 160 miles. I say easy because the two weekends before I did some climbing around the mountains close to where I live.  I was somewhat nervous as this years training has not included that much sustained climbing.  This climbing was around 8 miles and took me up to an elevation of 2,300 feet which is high for Los Angeles.  On one of the climbs I biked through clouds that were moving from left to right. That was a pretty cool feeling (it really was cool as soon as I biked out of the cloud there was a noticeable increase in the temperture).  I was happy that I could do those rides and ofcourse happy to have another chocolate milkshake to reward myself for finishing the ride.