I signed up for two events that will challenge my body and my mind. Why? Why not!!!

The first one is the San Francisco Half Marathon the coming Sunday. I ran more than 13.1 miles before, but never as a race. I have been ramping up my running to several times a week and hopefully I will be able to finish it. I am under no pretenses of actually getting a good time, since this is my first running race.

The second one is the Solvang Double Century. This is around 200 miles of gorgeous California countryside. My longest ride before was 180 miles in the Napa, so this will be interesting. It is organized and fully supported, so I don’t have to carry too much stuff. I may want to do some upgrades on my equipment (hint hint…)

Why don’t you try to challenge yourself? Try something you haven’t done before.

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Talking about starting a new year with a bang. First JC, myself and a bunch of other people did a 70 mile bike ride from San Francisco over Golden Gate bridge all the way to almost top of Mt. Tam. Phenomenal trip. Spectacular views of everything from gorgeous City by the Bay and the ocean. The visibility was so good that we actually saw Farallon islands. My friend BC has a bad luck of hitting Golden Gate in bad weather. For some reason I only bike across when it is spectacular.

So, yesterday, I took my bike from my place in San Jose over Calaveras road, all the way to the top of Mt. Diablo and back. This was my January Century a Month ride. What was the most amazing is that the temperatures were in the 70s. And this is in January. Felt like summer all the way there and back.

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Here is a little video from my recent trip to Slovenia, where I did a lot of cycling. Among other, I biked from Ljubljana to Koper and then to Novi Grad, Croatia. All together about 107 miles.

Enjoy.

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As it stands, I have only two more months left to complete this year’s goal of a century a month. Last couple of months, I did everything from trying to challenge myself on Santa Cruz mountains, finishing my fastest century on Waves to Wine, go on unsupported century around Mt Hamilton, and finally did an unsupported almost double century in Napa. I wonder what I will do in November and December.

So, since there is two months left before the new year, I am asking you to help me find a more challenging goal for the next year. Here are some suggestions:

• 6 double centuries
• 24 centuries
• 12 unsupported centuries
• Century on a unicycle
• …

Well, let me know.

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