Apr 1, 2008

The time has finally coming; I got in a two hour ride on nothing but climbs in the morning then sat on the beach by day. Four of us guys from school caught the train down to San Sebastian, Spain this past weekend. I was able to bring my bike (after sneaking it onto the train and stuffing it into a sleeping back to pass the loophole) and get in some solid climbing just days before the 159 mile Tour of Flanders this coming weekend.

We stayed in a hostel run by one of the nicest families I have ever come across. "She" ran the hostel part, while "he" ran an unrelated restaurant down the street. We ate the best Paella ever while enjoying our three hour dinner; not leaving until 11:30pm with unlimited wine, muscles, and miniature fish in the process.

I managed to get an acute case of tendinitis i
n my pes anserine bursa (left knee), perhaps from hitting the hills to hard with no warm-up, as in no riding uphill in the past two months. I have milking it with Ibuprofen in peroration for a thrashing this weekend.

Check out the sequence of photo's below:



I'm able to hold a good superman down the hill...


...all is going well for the picture...


...the fun ends when I can't make the turn and launch my self towards the Atlantic Ocean, thanks Kyle for getting this picture mid crash.



I had a little surprise on my ride, I never realized how massive an ostrich is.



When it rains it pours, the road on the left is a six kilometer climb. The road on the right is coming off the climb, just trying to give justice to how steep that one it. ...yea I cleaned it.


Paella. Ingredients include squid, muscles, full baby squid, clams, shrimp.


Our family at the restaurant. Where else does the owner demand to sit on your lap and take a picture? This guy was a blast.


Noah navigating San Sebastian.