50/50...again!

Another 50/50 weekend, by that I mean that one day was good and sucked. I’m only referring to riding of course. Saturday was fair as far as the weather, but the cycling was great! I rode with a buddy of mine, Marcos who is a 5 time Hawaiian Ironman and he also just turned 70! We had a great ride and just hammered about 27-32mph for about 50 miles! It’s funny because we pass old men on their beach cruisers and her Marcos is probably older then they are. I hope that when I’m his as…..wait, I just wish I was in as good of shape as he is now!! As soon as we got back to our starting point, he put on his running shoes and he was off…truly amazing and someone that I admire there ability and there low key manner about them. Oh…he also pushes a 56T!!! Not too shabby for anybody! Sunday was a windy washout so I rode my trainer and watch Cycling.TV and rode 40 miles. But on a brighter note, I did go see Joshua Bell last night and it was a great shoe! My wife got his autograph on a CD cover. He seemed to be a nice guy..but what an amazing violin player! One bummer for the weekend is that with the weather that it’s been, I didn’t get a chance to ride with Carmen….maybe next weekend. Well that was it for the two day!

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