Training Log Archive: biggins

late start, so I got to play in lunchtime beach traffic.

humid and muggy. and whats the meteorological word for "suspended diesel exhaust". just not into it today.

nothing yesterday, had to drive downtown in the morning to the UPS shipping place to pick up a package that they didn't deliver because my address doesn't exist (but which they told me about by mailing a postcard to said nonexistant address). and nothing today because I had to drive back downtown for the E3 show. Nothing too cool there, although I did see bob burnquist and friends do a pretty sweet live half pipe demo as a promo for the new tony hawk game.

The normal marina ride, plus a 20 mile out and back on Venice Blvd (basically to the ghetto and back). Bike lane the whole way, some sections were really nice road, some would have been better as dirt. Got out at 5, fortunately its never really "dark" around here, the reflective smog layer keeps things a nice dull orange all night long (on a related note, my lungs hurt). Had the lights on anyway though. It took some work to mount the front light, along with the computer, along with the aerobars all on the handlebars. All the horizontal real estate on the handlebars is taken up by the aerobars, so I've got the computer and the light mounted on the cross bar of the aerobars, about halfway out to the end (computer on top, light on bottom). It works, but having 4 AA batteries a foot and a half in front of my stem give it some wonderful turning momentum.