Sunday, January 31, 2010

Sharron's Ride - Hawaii




Today could have not been any better. Brian and I woke up this morning at 5:00 am and headed to Honolulu for the Sharron's Ride which is an organized ride supporting epilepsy. We met our two friends joining us and set off at 7:00 am. It was cloudy and very overcast which made the majority of the ride very pleasant. We had a nice pace and stopped several times along the way for pictures, drinks and of course view our beautiful scenery of Hawaii. The ride took place on the East side of the island wrapping around to the Winward side. During the first 25 miles Brian and I almost had a bad fall due to a rider or two. Our group was traveling in a nice single file when a couple (man and woman) approached us and wanted to move in. Instead of waiting until we pass by they tried to nudge their way in between us (this is not proper bicycle etiquette) and clipped my back tire and pushed Brian dam near into the curb. We all recovered and no one went down, thank God!

It rained on us pretty good a few times and one of our friends had a flat which one flat out of four people the whole ride is not bad at all! She changed it quickly and we then turned around at the turn around point. The same girl who had the flat was having cramping issues and was worried about the hills (near Makapu') but she put a salt tab in her water and was good to go. I had a huge piece of styrofoam fly in front of me but no major catastrophe! Our last stop was at a 7-11 where we fueled up on water, gatorade and bananas. By the end Brian was feeling tightness in his thighs which probably would have cramped up if he hadn't bought the gatorade.

We finally finished at roughly 60 miles. All and all it was a great ride and no one got hurt. As we were loading our gear into our vehicles, food was now on the mind. After being on the bike for over 4 hours and burning over 2500 calories, it was time to eat! We all agreed on Yard House and indulged ourselves in cold beer, salad, hot pizza, and a small dessert.

It is now time to REST!!!!

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