I didn’t take the whole route but generally this thread led me in the right direction from Venice. To me the key is routing to the In and Out on Sepulveda Boulevard. There are a few stretches of on-street riding in Venice on the way down to Marina del Ray that were typical urban California bike […]

So my restful night on day 3 gave me enough juice to get up early.  Not early enough to go to 5am Crossfit or anything, but early enough to go to 6am Crossfit. I hadn’t done any substantial workouts since last week (other than the mini visit at Gold’s, which was so short it doesn’t […]

Woke up a little on the late side, think that the lack of downtime has stressed me out a little.  Went on a quick run down to the “world famous” Gold’s Gym, which was quite the  experience–I had a day pass from the hotel so did a very brief set of shoulder presses and squats. […]

Started the day a bit early on a quest to mail a postcard.  I found the giant post office center in Goleta was too early to buy a stamp.  With the car gone and checkout time looming, I converted the bike into travel mode: rolled up the B-bag, carefully packed the packing cubes into the […]

Started the day with a walk to get coffee.  I beelined to a plaza where Starbucks was shown on the map but halfway there I saw The French Press coffee and diverted over.  I had some really good coffee and a croissant: Afterwards I did some frugal traveler work and grabbed groceries to keep in […]

Have long-discussed taking a trip down to LA for work.  As part of the planning process I came across a “travel tips” document that said something to the effect of, “of course you need a car.” Me, replying to inanimate object: “Challenge Accepted.” Ironically I started this car-lite trip with a 250-mile one-way drive in […]