Kevin and Chelsea: Riding for a Great Cause

Made it to San Francisco!  100.20 miles today (we hit 99.6 and had to ride in circles for another quarter mile)  New personal record again though.  1055 miles and counting for the trip!  I swear I can see my legs getting bigger.  Maybe that’s my imagination, but I sure as hell know they are getting stronger.  We both have pretty awesome “biker” tans going though…the line from our gloves and the sleeve line from the jersey.  Looking good.  The redwoods were awesome, I would recommend everyone ride their bike on the Avenue of the Giants someday in their life.  On a side note I happened to come into Arcata with good timing.  An old friend of mine was coming to visit his sister that day for a marathon they ran this past Sunday.  I had contacted Sara to meet for a bite to eat, and her brother showed up thirty minutes later with two surfboards and two wetsuits, so naturally I went surfing and froze my ass off in a 3/2 with no booties or hood.  (trying to get my arms in shape for Mexico)  The good news is the worst of our hills are behind us.  We have had some brutal days, something like 6 or 7 thousand feet of elevation gain over a days riding.  Chelsea is going to take a rest day here in San Francisco, but I’m pushing on past Santa Cruz tomorrow and she will come meet me via car.  My roommate from Hawaii happens to be flying in tonight to San Francisco to pick up my car and drive it to San Diego, so he is taking Chela’s place tomorrow and riding with me, and in the morning the next day she will meet back with the car and hop back on the bike.  I’m hoping we make it to San Diego May 10th…but it could be the 11th.  Two forced rest days and some bad luck because of weather put us a little behind schedule, but were still charging.  Looking forward to being back in Tahoe later this summer for some good weather and fun times.  High Five,

Kevin