The weather has been gorgeous out here in SoCal. Not too hot, temperature in mid 80s. Perfect riding conditions. I was looking forward to the weekend. I was pretty sure I would be able to squeeze a day of riding there. That was till one of my friends called me and asked me to help him move. He said there was not going to be a lot of stuff to move. So we should be done in half a day time. Perfect. At least I would have one day left. As the plans formed we had decided to do the move on Saturday. I got beach volleyball games scheduled for Sunday. And then I had the rest of Sunday to do some riding.

Fast forward 48 hours. Here is the breakdown. 12 hours of relative daylight on Saturday were spent moving. And that was not enough to move everything. Sunday morning came. And I had to honor my commitments to my volleyball buddies. So I went and played almost 4 hours of beach volleyball non-stop. Then I went back to my friends place to conclude the move. 6 hours later the move was done.

I woke up this morning feeling sore in place I did not think I could ever be. No matter how athletic one thinks they are moving furniture and loading / unloading it into a truck is not a joke.  And doing that for the total of 18 hours in 2 days will get you exerted. Why in the world would I be blogging about this on a motorcycle blog and how is that related to motorcycle riding? I am getting there …

Morning commute to the office saw me routinely splitting lanes as usual. While doing so all of the sudden my right leg got a cramp. Not the most pleasant feeling in the world. Especially given the proximity of the cages around me and my speed of over 40 mph. Luckily there was a wider opening. I slid in it and immediately got up on my foot pegs. That apparently took off some pressure off of my cramped up thigh muscle. And like that the cramp was gone.

Moral of this story - don’t be riding overexerted. Leg cramps are you enemies. A cramp could make your leg do something uncontrollable. And there isn’t a single uncontrollable thing your body can do that would be beneficial to you while you are riding a bike.

Happy Monday everyone!

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