Bonked…. AGAIN?!!
I really gotta do something about this bonking thing. It is really starting to get annoying! I had a great weekend of riding this past weekend, but Monday rolled around and I was completely BONKED again just like the following few days after Palm Springs. Tuesday morning rolled around and I was still bonked. So, I came home early from work today to rest.
Saturday 2/16/08
On Saturday, I went on Agoura Cycle’s long ride up to Piuma. Finally. All this hype about Piuma being so difficult and killer hill turned out to be not quite what I had thought. Deanne, Eugene, and I stuck together. We were the slow people, as usual. Well.. maybe not Eugene and Deanne, but I was. They were nice enough to ride up the hill with me. Slow, steady climb up to the top of Piuma, cross Scheron to Stunt, then book it down Stunt down to Mulholland. Too fun indeed… Deanne kept saying “GORGEOUS!”. I should really remember to bring my camera. Either that or get a smaller camera. First time riding up Piuma for her too. After our descent down Stunt, Deanne, Jean-Francois (or Jeff for short), and I decided to maybe do Rock Store, so we rode to Rock Store. But decided to defer til Sunday since there were so many motorcycles. So back to the store we went. I felt good after Saturday’s ride. Not tired, or bonked at all. RL climbed Rock Store - FINALLY. I knew she could do it. I think she just needs someone to force her up it to make her realize that it’s not as bad as she thinks.
Sunday 2/17/08
Sunday morning, Deanne and I met Jean-Francois at Agoura for our climb up Rock Store. We got a later start than we originally planned, and ended up leaving the store at quarter to 9am. I demo’ed Orbea Orca (sweeeet ride…) with compact cranks (50/34) on Sunday. Man, that thing absorbs bumps like I’m riding on a pillow or something. I couldn’t believe what I was missing! I descended faster and ascended faster. I think I still want a 27 in the back though. I was in my easiest gear but was still pushing my knees at some parts of the Rock Store climb. I will need to start saving up for this baby…
When we finally made it up to the top of the Rock Store climb, Deanne and I decided to go all the way to PCH via Decker and Encinal. Jean-Francois needed to get back home, so we parted ways here. The sun was starting to peak through and the day was warming up, so I didn’t want to stop the ride so early. We made a couple of bike friends at the top of Rock Store and continued on with them for part of the way. JF mentioned that there were camels on Mulholland/Decker, but we never saw them. But we did manage to see a Rhinosaurus??? I think it was a rhino. Brown with a horn on the edge of its nose? That’s a rhino, right? :-\
We were too slow for our new friends so they went ahead to PCH. Deanne and I screamed down Encinal all the way down to PCH. TOOO FUNNN… 4 miles of downhill joy. I sang to Chris Brown’s “With You”, U2, Kelly Clarkson, and Fergie at the top of my lungs all the way down. Deanne kept turning around to check what the heck I was screaming about. I just was singing…. :) Then we stopped on Mulholland/PCH to gu up where we met our new friends again. We started climbing with them, but again, we were too slow so they went ahead. Sigh… need to get faster…need to get faster on climbing…
All in all, it was a great ride. I think we did 100miles over the weekend. Sunday’s ride was 4000+ ft of climbing in a 50 mile ride. My sit bone was definitely very tender, my quads were sore, and my right knee felt a little funny. But ice and heat remedied those.
Today, I am still bonked so will go to sleep early again to see if I will recover tomorrow. One annoying thing is that with all that riding, I haven’t lost any weight! WTF…. I don’t think I’ve been eating any more than before. Doesn’t add up…. 
Off to bed…
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