INDOCTRINATING A FRIEND INTO MY EVIL WAYS

IF YOU'RE FRIENDS AREN'T BLEEDING you're not pushing them hard enough.  Really?  Well, maybe.  But is it really that bad...

... if you're still smiling at the end?

Today I took a friend on a little recon of our SurfNSummit ride.

I bill SurfNSummit as a gravel ride, but it's really a Frankenride:

• Road
• Gravel
• Singletrack

If you can ride a road bike, you can ride a gravel bike on the the road no prob, on gravel slight prob, and on singletrack... 

... big prob.

Unless you're an MTBr.  

Even then, the skinnish tires, lack of suspension and drop bars take some getting used to.

It's so easy to grab a ton of front brake on dusty, steepish trail...

... go bibs over bars.

Which happened today, with minor abrasions with lotsandlots of dust.

The thing I appreciate about all my friends is their attitude...

... It's only a flesh wound!

Dude, you're bleeding.

I'm ok.

I'm sorry.

Don't be, it was my fault.

Yes, I'm evil...

... I'm gonna push you to the limit, sometimes beyond.

At the 100plusyearold, outoftheway General Store, my scraped up pal called me out on my hypocrisy.  Not the...

... We'll take an easy route, one.

Worse, he thought.

I thought you don't drink soda?

I do.

And Reece's Peanut Butter Cups?

Yep.

BBQ chips?

Love 'em

But, you preach against all that. 

Not on a 5 hour adventure.

Oh, my Padawans have so much to learn.

On the way back, I really got my hooks into him.

His heart rate was waywayway higher than mine.  It was bumming him out.  I knew I had him...

... and I pounced.

Are you ready to take your fitness to a new level?

Yes!

Ok, you gotta do my 10-week challenge.  Can you handle 10 weeks?

Yeah, I think i need to do it.

It's gonna be hard.

That's okay.

We'll see.

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I hopepray he does it, because I know what it will do for him.

Plus, he's doing the SurfNSummit and donning this sexy jersey...

The ride Frankenride from Dana Point to Big Bear...

... in 10 weeks.

My diabolical drive knows no bounds.

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161 lbs. 
7.2 hrs 
60.1% Body Water 
0 Strength rotation
20 minutes recovery
60 minutes reading + Journaling