Sunday, February 3, 2013

The crema again

Rode to The Crema again on Super-Bowl day. This time we took Jennifer and Eric along too so we had a group of five. This was Jennifer's longest ride since I don't know when. It was a warm day (hard to believe it's February) so I figured the beach trail would be busy. We went along Atlantic which was much busier than usual. It turned out there was a half-marathon and full marathon being held along PCH and all the traffic was being diverted along Atlantic.

We jumped over to PCH and even though it was closed for traffic they were letting cyclist ride it. Most of the runners were headed back at that point on the other side so we had the whole road practically to ourselves. Sweet.

The runners were really well supported. There were aid stations, rock bands, a closed road, and a party at the finish line. Amber and I committed to running next year's event. I'm going to run the half-marathon and Amber will run the full marathon - which is simply running the half-marathon course twice.

The Crema was as awesome as usual. I had my usual fried egg sandwich, Amber and Sherry shared a chicken pesto crepe, Jennifer had french toast, Eric had a BLT without the T or mayo. We all had a good time.

Heading back Eric informed us that he planned on hammering from the beach back to the trucks so Amber and I joined him. We had a powerful tailwind and took one pull each, covering the 13 miles at 22-24 mph. When we got to the end we turned around (into the headwind) and rode back to meet the ladies.

Total distance was 53 miles with less than a 1000' of climbing and a roaring tailwind all the way home. My kind of ride :-)

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