Eureka!

I completed my second training ride this morning. I rode 72 miles from my house in Spanish Fork to Eureka and then back again. The most challenging part of the ride was a 10 mile stretch of road that goes up and into mountains to get to Eureka. I thought that freakin' hill was never going to end. But I kicked it into low gear and just kept hammering away until I finally made it.

When I finally got to the summit I did something that wasn't too bright. Instead of stopping in Eureka, I decided it was way too much fun going downhill, so I overshot the town by a couple of miles. That was a great idea until I realized that I had to turn right back around and ride back up it :) Speaking of downhill... cruising back down that 10 mile downhill section kicked ass.

Towards the end of the 72 miles things got ugly. I had plenty of energy left in my legs (which surprised me considering that my knees felt like they were going to explode when I woke up this morning), but my ass was in an indescrible amount of pain. It didn't help that my seat had worked it's way loose and the nose of the seat kept digging into my crotch and applying pressure where pressure really shouldn't be applied. I guess that will teach me to bring tools along on my next ride.

I saw quite of bit of wildlife on the ride; albeit most, or rather, all of it dead. I thought it slightly ironic that most of the carnage was accounted for by bunny rabbits (wild jackrabbits). How fitting for Easter Sunday (It is Easter today isn't it?). I also saw several several dead dear, skunks, birds and even a few cats and dogs. Seriously it was kind of gross.