I did my January 200 km today. I had favorable winds right out of the chute, and so changed plans from the century I was going to do. One does not look a gift horse in the mouth. Two things of note, the second of which made itself very noticeable as I was stepping out of the shower. I've been doing core strengthening exercises for the past year and a half. This is the reason I can do a century a week, I'm pretty sure. When I come in from a double metric, as I did today, My core muscles are quite sore, the abs and obliques in particular. They've been out there doing isometrics for 9 hours. But then, maybe I'm just full of beans.
Pics:

My first car was a '64 Falcon convertible, a pale yellow re-paint, which I shared with my older sister.
This is the church in Baca, where our good friends have a house that they'll use more frequently once they retire.

They're putting up a welcome center at my usual lunch spot. Seems there hasn't been a big demand for cylindrical posts.

No ready mix for government projects. This is high tech.

I rode through a forest of coconut trees, on both sides of the road, for maybe five miles. Somewhere in there I stopped for some ice cold coconut water and some coconut tortillas.

second lunch

That diamond tuck saddle is original to that bike, and is THE most comfortable saddle I've ever ridden. Hands down.
Til next time....