Jordan's ALC Voyage

From June 3-9, 2012, I will be riding from San Francisco to Los Angeles to raise money for the LA Gay & Lesbian Center and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.

I ride for two reasons. I first learned of the ALC during my on-going fitness journey, and thought it would be a great challenge. Then I started raising money and realized that my fitness journey had brought me here for a reason. It is time for me to make a difference, and help raise money for an important cause.

I ride to make a change in this world for the better. I ride because I can. I ride for those who can't.

Please sponsor me at: http://www.tofighthiv.org/goto/music2mychakras

Sunday, May 20, 2012

My First Century!

That's right... I rode 100+ miles yesterday!  Final long training ride for ALC and I destroyed it.  :-)

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/179915931

The first leg (Mission Bay to Encinitas) was a little rough... I hadn't eaten enough breakfast so I was dragging.  Also, for some reason, I decided I didn't need a cup of coffee when I crawled out of bed at 5:30 AM.  What was I thinking?!  Lesson learned.  After a cup of coffee at starbucks, I perked back up noticeably, and by the time we were in Oceanside, I was singing "Don't Stop Believin'" and "Safety Dance" as I pedaled through town -- a sure sign I'm doing well.

After a quick stop at McDonalds, and a few more miles out to Escondido, I inhaled lunch like a piggy.  Hot pastrami sub, bag of chips, frappuccino, and Ellie's left-over salad that she couldn't finish.  All in all, a delightful lunch.  From there, Ellie and I rode together across Del Dios, Rancho Santa Fe, Del Mar, Torrey Pines, and all the way home.  We played the alphabet game, which turned out to be a delightful way to not notice how attrocious the head winds were as we climbed the hills of Del Dios.  Also, J was a difficult one (I think we finally just said "Jordan" so we could move on) but who knew K, U, and Y would be so difficult?!

And of course, I paused at the top of Torrey Pines, forgot to unpause for 2 miles, so I had to ride extra to make sure my GPS showed over 100 miles.  Yeah, I'm an overachiever.

But I felt great at the end of the ride!  Got home, showered, ate food, soaked in epsom salts... and was out cold by 9 PM.  Slept straight to 6:30 AM, and was still exhausted.  I guess I have things to look forward to on the ride!
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