Day 3 - 113 Miles - 5,900' Climb - Big Sur to Pismo Beach

Fog, More Miles and Climbing, in one day, than I have ever done in my Life

Another great meal the night before and we start off again, at 7:30 AM with a climb out from the hotel for about 45 minutes.  Straight up. Luckily the fog has followed us so it is perfect biking weather, cool and cloudy.  Not great for the touring Smith Family but great for their Dad. 

Creek runing near our Hotel

Sun peeking through the fog

So, we were thinking we were pretty special.  620-miles in 7 days.  But we passed 4 bikers in heavy mountain bikes who were travelling from Alaska to Panama in 3 months.  OK, they are tougher than us. Two of them were younger women.  And if biking wasn't hard enough, a group of Challenged Athletes were runing the same route we were going to bike.  10 teams of two runners were going to run from San Francisco to La Jolla and they would be there ahead of us, by Thursday.  We passed their support vehicle with some of the runners who were resting and took this photo.  The excitement was amazing.  These men are heroes.  So never think that whatever you do is tough because there are always those that are stronger, faster and accomplishing things that make whatever I have done look insignifigant.

CAF Athletes, Some Running, Some Biking from San Francisco to San Diego

The family stopped to see the views and aslo saw the elephant seals.  No, I am not in this picture.....

Later that night we met the bikers from the Garmin - Cervelo team.  I rode briefly with them during the day but they are a level of athleticism that is beyond amazing.  Seemed like great guys, in their 20's, which is young for a professional biker, too young to make the Tour de France yet but you never know.  I was going to sneak by on a climb to say that I was able to pass them but nobody would believe it (unless the Cervelo guys were at a stop sign).

The hotel ws great, The Cliffs Resort and I really appreciated that every day we get a 20-minute massage.   The runners ran through the resort on their way down the coast.  Those men are studs. 

Life is great, God is good.