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That’s what we woke up to this morning.

I couldn’t drag Matteo’s ass out of bed.

So after a trip to Starbucks, and watching some SIIIIIIICK waves being surfed, it warmed up a little bit. We took some downtime to sit on our deck and soak up the sun. After 30 minutes of that, it was time for a bike ride. Teo threatened to go with bibs only, so he could work on his tan. I discouraged that.

He then said he’d put his vest on too. I discouraged that too.

So he got kitted up, and wore normal gear – and we were barely warm

Rolling along the PCH. Awesome day… not too windy. Pressure is high though, so going really fast feels like you are cutting through the air with a brick.

We got to Del Mar – *POW*

Fbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbt. Teo got a rear flat.

So I sat in the sun and supervised the repair. Then we rode a little more (with emphasis on the “little”). Turned around and headed back to the beach. In La Jolla – *Ka-f00kin-b00m*

Another rear flat, but this time the tire was sliced nearly in two. We booted it, put a new tube in and gently rolled back to Verona. Scratch one Michelin Pro Race3 in the dumpster this trip. (and both of my crappy podiums’ too for that matter)

Today, for whatever reason… I had one of those days where I couldn’t hurt the legs. It was awesome. Every pull, Every Attack, Every Sprint and Every Climb was pretty much aggro today. I responded to it all. My lungs (and ribs for that matter) hurt… but the legs would keep going. This only happens a few times a year for me, so I was enjoying ever pedal stroke today.

Back at the beach… we walked to Trader Joe’s… where they finally had the baby greens I’ve been craving ever since the last time I was here.  As geeky as it is to get excited over salad…. this stuff exploded with organic awesomeness. Add some pomegranate seeds, balsamic vinegar and almonds with feta and you have tree huggin’ ecstasy.

Three pictures of salad, might just be a little overkill… but I liked the two last ones so much, I couldn’t choose which one I liked more – so you get em both!

Tonight we chilled out. Had some awesome Mexican food ((((again))). Matteo’s hooked on the stuff. I do love it too tho!

Cleaned up the pad a little… Tomorrow is calling for thunder showers…. hopefully they will be wrong, like they were today!

That’s it for now…. hopefully something blog worthy happens tomorrow… because if we’re stuck in the beach house due to rain… .it’s not going to make for much of a creative day

Peace OUT!!!

d. & Teo