This morning was to be a fairly quick run through the San Clemente Singletracks in order to get back home to see the Chargers vs Patriots game. (Yes, I know I’m still slacking on getting a page on this place put together) I was meeting some folks up there but failed to realize they were meeting near the beach end of the place. I went to the Dog Park start and did not figure out my mistake until it was time to roll. It worked out well as I had a nice solo roll through a good chunk of the park to warm up with before meeting up with the group somewhere along “no-turns”. After meeting up with the group it was apparent they were pushing a good pace. Since I’m still having to single speed things right now, that was exactly what I was doing. Either pushing or having a good pace. Considering my current state of physical fitness it was a little too much pushing. If I keep riding the SS that will go away soon enough. I rode with the folks for the better part of thier route which included some loop-backs onto stuff I had done earlier in the day. I’m still getting to know this place and they took some turns that I would not have done otherwise. By the time I split off from the group I figured I had done somewhere around 15 miles or so and I still had to make my way back up to the dog park from near the south end of the system. By the time I got back to my truck, my arms and lower back where fried. Ahhh the joys of single speeding!
-Bill