Santa Maria, CA

6.16.2010

I think my legs have finally caught up with me. Today was only about 75 miles, but it was REALLY hard. There weren’t many hills to deal with, but my legs were feeling the burn from the past four days of work. We also had a pretty tough timetable to keep, which meant the pace of the ride would have to increase. Dustin, the pro who helped us out with training, rode with our pace group all day today and gave us the extra push we needed. Unfortunately today is the last day that he’ll be riding us, and the last day he’ll be able to physically push us up hills. We arrived on time at 12:30pm to our destination, and got a really cool police escort into the city.


The friendship visit was in my opinion the coolest one we’ve had so far. We met a group of Special Olympics athletes who had just come back from their competition in Las Angeles, many of whom had gotten bronze and silver medals. There was even one man who received a gold medal. We had a big picnic with all of them, talking about their events and competitions. There was a catered lunch, and we spent the day playing volleyball, throwing Frisbee, and kicking soccer balls around. By the end I was so exhausted I just passed out on the grass, it was the first time we had had really warm weather and sunshine on the trip. There are probably some pictures of me lying there to surface on the internet soon.