Yay, Potassium!
I rode my bike to pick up a check from a client this morning. Went up Mission to Cesar Chavez and then across to 3rd street and up around the Embarcadero to Fisherman’s Wharf, where my client’s office is. Then I rode around Pacific Heights and over to the Marina, and then out to the Bridge. I stopped and talked to a couple of tourists along the way and gave them some directions, then out to Seacliff. A tourist stopped in the middle of the road in order to back up for a parking space at the bottom of a long hill on Lincoln Boulevard, and I had to stop pretty quickly from close to 40mph – I almost didn’t make it. Scary! Then I took the Great Highway down to Skyline, and went over to Sloat and then home on Ocean. I got home and had two bannanas and some Gatorade. I feel much better now, although I need a shower pretty badly.
Total mileage: 29. I was definitely feeling that gravelly feeling in my right knee, so I think that I might be overdoing it on the hills. But I live in San Francisco! Where am I going to find rides without hills? I really need a bike other than this racing bike. It’s fun and all, but I need lower gearing if I’m going to keep my knees intact. Plus there’s no way I can ever do any touring on this bike.
Moments from today’s ride:
Found the drops. I usually ride up on the hoods, and I spent some time down in the drops. It was real nice, especially along the Embarcadero where I had very little wind and nice warm sun. Zoom!
Discovered that I have no integrity. I was just getting ready to yell at some tourist who was turning right from the center lane on Fisherman’s Wharf over by Pier 43 1/2 when she turned around and smiled at me. Forgot that I was even annoyed at her until about a minute later.
