It's time to get serious about my next race. I have started putting on the shoes, the swimming suit and the bike helmet regularly. The firefighter and I went on a 25 mile bike ride the other day. It was really nice. We rode to the Oceanside Harbor. He commented that I had really 'improved', meaning that I could smoke him on the bike now. He may remove the 3 baskets that he has on his bike so that he can keep up with me now! I knew that I wasn't that bad at biking, but now that I have a real bike, I can concentrate on getting better instead of just keeping up.
So what is this about rainbows? I love rainbows. They are very rare in Southern California. Not so rare in Hawaii. If you have never been, you should go. The thing that you don't know is that it rains practically every day, but because the sun is also out, it creates rainbows. My favorite rainbow experience happened when the firefighter and I were in Uruguay. We stayed at La Sirena. Awesome place, awesome family that runs it. We actually found the end of a rainbow. It was fascinating! I have never actually stood at the end of a rainbow before, so cool. I didn't find a pot of gold, but I felt at peace and it seemed like such a unique experience.
So what is at the end of your rainbow? Is it an Olympic gold? Or is it yummy Jamaican food at the halfway point on a longish bike ride? Right now, I want to find that Jamaican food on a Sunday afternoon and I want work towards my goal of not finishing last in my next race.
