lets talk about pain, baby

You know when you walk a set of stairs to get to the office and no matter how few steps exist, you are still out of breath and your thighs burn? That's what it is like riding your bike from PDX to SAN-but the burning lasts all day and your ass hurts too.

We've said how this ride has impacted adrian's knees but we've yet to truly describe what a ride like this does to your body.

We both have swolen and achy knees. We eat Advil like candy and ice until we shiver. Riding in spandex helps, but rashes still take over the nether regions. Thank Lance for chamois cream. Our muscles scream and sleeping in a cold tent doesn't quiet them. I wake each morning unable to use my back and neither of us can touch our leg muscles let alone use them. Our hands and arms fall asleep during the ride. My neck is cramped and my lips are so dry they've cracked.

But tomorrow is a new day and all the pain subsides for the ride.