Tour de Five Cities

This was originally a BCI 39-mile remote bike tour with 2,300 feet elevation gain.  The route began in Laguna Niguel, through San Juan Capistrano, Dana Point, Capo Beach and San Clemente.

 

To make this my last long distance training ride for Marin Century, I added 38 more miles and 2,300 feet of additional climbing by riding to Laguna Niguel from Irvine, covering four more cities — Irvine, Lake Forest, Laguna Woods and Laguna Hills — making this a Tour de Nine Cities.

 

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Cool Shade

My custom new shade — Radar from Oakley.

It’s a kind of magic
It’s a kind of magic
A kind of magic
One dream one soul, one prize
One goal, one golden glance of what should be
It’s a kind of magic
One shaft of light that shows the way
No mortal man can win this day
It’s a kind of magic
The bell that rings inside your mind
It’s challenging the doors of time
It’s a kind of magic
The waiting seems eternity
The day will dawn of sanity
Is this a kind of magic?
It’s a kind of magic
There can be only one
This reign that lasts a thousand years
Will soon be gone
This flame that burns inside of me
I’m hearing secret harmonies
It’s a kind of magic
The bell that rings inside your mind
It’s challenging the doors of time
It’s a kind of magic
It’s a kind of magic
This reign that lasts a thousand years
Will soon be, will soon be
Will soon be gone
This is a kind of magic
There can be only one
This reign that lasts a thousand years
Will soon be gone
Magic – it’s a kind of magic
It’s a kind of magic
Magic, magic, magic, magic
It’s magic
It’s a kind of magic