Mountain Biking in Santa Cruz

(PS... i wrote this email on saturday, but i had no outgoing mail
server this weekend. so it got posted late)

i was out in california this weekend, and i really did not think that
i was going to be able to make it out to santa cruz. but last night,
i realized that i have an awesome mountain bike in santa cruz and i
don't often get to ride it. so, i called my friend kim, who always
mountain bikes on saturdays and asked her if she wanted to ride.

after a few adjustments- i got my bike up and running and we hit
upper campus. it is sad to me to think that i spent SO many years in
santa cruz and NEVER really mountain biked! i had such a blast! we
ended up riding for about 2.5 hours and were not doing super
tecnhical stuff- but doing some fun stuff. i felt like i was at the
perfect level. i did not crash, but i kept unclipping and ALMOST
going down. i figured that i was pushing the envelope- getting
better, but not being too dumb. i went over everything that we came
across- logs and little bridges... not exactly gracefully... but i
DID attempt to go over everything. kim did make we walk down one
section that was too much and that was smart. we did mailboxes, and
there is a pretty gnarly steep and rocky section that even our former
pro mountain bike friend walks. so, i walked that. but i had a
great time riding with kim.

since i was in santa cruz- i also got a chance to hang out with lia,
a former teammate of mine on ucsc who i never get to spend enough
time with. i really like her and i was so happy to see how well
things are going for her. she is radiating happiness. so it was a
good day. now am tired... off to bed.