[Wendy] Bike Ride on Superbowl

Finals have finally ended! Woww I am so happy, I can finally be stress-freeeee! It is such a great relief to have first semester over and have everything turn out okay. So today is Sunday, the first day of February. Training for the triathlon can finally begin, so Jaclyn showed up at my house at 2 today.

Today was different because today we are not running- we are biking! Jaclyn has this old but professional-looking bike while I have a beach cruiser. Obviously, mines is heavier, but my beach cruiser is easier to ride. We began at 2:30, and we biked on the flood control aiming to return back when we felt tired. The flood control extends on forever, and surprisingly, a lot of people bike on the flood control. That's right, a lot of professionals bike on the flood control, so we were passed a lot. Riding smoothly, we passed by city after city- Cerritos, La Palma, Cypress, La Mirada... There were several places that we recognized: including La Mirada HS and a TJ Max somewhere. Eventually, we were riding along when I realized that we were riding next to the freeway! I dont know which one in particular because I never remember street names/highway names, but I did remember that it was the freeway that I take to go to Huntington Beach/Long Beach. It is a long stretch of road that runs along the flood control, and it is somewhat close to the beach. We had biked 30 minutes, and we stopped by a bridge to rest and decide what to do. Option 1) head back 2) head towards the beach. After a loonngg time of deciding, we still hadnt decided what to do, so I asked a random person on a bike about how much longer it was to reach the beach. He told us around 15-20 minutes and past 4 bridges. I looked at Jaclyn, and we knew that we came all this way, and we might as well keep going. Our only concern was that we 1) wouldnt be able to make it back 2)we wouldnt make it back on time before dark 3)we would get in trouble by our parents Despite this, we biked forward at lightening speed because it felt like a race against time. 10 minutes passed. 15. 20. The air was salty, and we could smell the ocean right under our noses. Finally, after what seemed like a million bridges, we reached Seal Beach. It was 3:45 ish.

Once she saw the beach, Jaclyn sprinted towards it even though she looked tired before. We saw the Seal Beach pier, WE MADE IT! We felt the water which was cold and no- we did not go in! If anything, I felt like relaxing on the sand, but it was time to go. After picking up a few shells we found on the beach, we started to head back lightning speed. This time, I would be riding Jaclyn's bike. We kept a good pace, and before we knew it, we were back from a 15-20? mile bike ride! We have never trained for biking before, and we were surprised to have rode all the way to the beach! It was not that hard, but Jaclyn later pointed out that we were being passed by professional bikers along the way. Who cares?! haha I pointed out that we passed maybe like 4 people?? But, overall it was a good experience to bike all the way to the beach. We are proud of ourselves (:

For our reward, we went to Johnny's Frozen Yogurt and had a small treat for ourselves. Yuummmyy [= Jaclyn brought her camera, so she will upload photos of the bikeride.