Kona Marathon--Cancelled

Entries are deferred until 2021, lots more training time right Cleve!

Novato

Quick trip to Novato to add a little hardware to the van.

After we finished up we did some hiking near Stinson Beach and started towards home.  The one thing I didn't want to do was drive through the city in the beast, as luck would have it for some reason we got routed through the city.  Imagine the surface streets with no traffic, it was kinda surreal.

Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Preserve--this is just outside of Santa Maria and the beach is beautiful.  The surrounding dunes are home to nesting birds.  This area is surrounded by strawberry farms.

 Check out those strawberries!

We made a few more stops down the coast, I had never seen the elephant seal rookery at Cambria, that's an amazing sight, there were literally thousands of beached seals that return there every year.
More driving than anything but we did get a good hike and a beach walk with a little bird viewing.
How do you like the 1 Up?  Checking out step stools as we speak, which probably defeats the purpose of the extra storage in the gigantic box.  #vanlife

San Timoteo Nature Sanctuary--Locked

So it's baking time, white chocolate, macadamia nut cookies.  Keto's not going so well.

Kev called to let me know Mont Tremblant is cancelled, it's not totally unexpected, but still disappointing.  Ironman California is on for October 2021, downhill swim, flat bike, flat run, he was trying to tempt me.  My willpower is woefully inadequate (see above pic) I think I can say no.

Painting the Garage

Lets just call it shoulder day.

Mini goals

Straight up Sunset Loop

1. Stay on my bike --- almost, had some seat issues
2. Do a little dance after I make it up Serpentine. --- yay, rode Serpentine, no dance see #1
3. Ride my nemesis mini hill -- Check! Really it's only about 50 yards, but I hate it
4. Do a little dance after I pass Caroline Park -- dance had to wait until I got home, see #1
5. Smile all the way around the point and home! Check!

Trail #2

We did Trail #2 starting off of Sunset and ending at Helen right below the watertower.  This would be less technical for a single track ride except right at the top of Sunset it's pretty steep and there is a small section on the trail that is pretty overgrown.  Beautiful day today and the extent of the view is amazing, we could see clear to the Cajon Pass.

 

Exploring our backyard...

 And the rain stopped.  This morning we headed out towards the point and around to one of the Redlands Conservancy trails. We took trail #1, off to the left it becomes a rolling dirt trail which you can branch off several ways but we took it back towards Oakmont, up a little summit, over to Sutherland and home.  It would be a great single track ride. 

Rain

Just rain and quarantine, but "they" say we are starting to turn a corner and flatten the curve.  I can only hope that's true.  I'm still working half days so at least I get to walk from the employee lot to my office everyday, maybe I can record that on Strava! Ha-one time I forgot to change my watch from run to ride so of course I displaced some Strava King and did I get a nasty message, don't mess with Strava egos.  Now I'm just bored and rambling, hopefully no rain tomorrow so I can ramble on about a ride.

Sunset Loop

5 miles today, it's been awhile since we've been able to see our house from Sunset.  I suppose we can call this practice retirement.  I may need a hobby or two in addition to trying to score tp online from Costco.  Almost today, almost, got it in the cart, paid for, and then immediately got an email my order was cancelled.

4 point something miles today

The best part, the orange blossoms!  It's a beautiful day! Sheltering in place is ok, no, not ok but tolerable since we're still in our house, and we can still go out and enjoy walking, running and riding.