May 04 2010
Pass/Fail
The day began with a little 500 yard swim. Schuyler is ahead of me in the water and I need to catch up – especially since he and I are going to swim in SF Bay in a couple of weeks. Yes, it was in a pool so I had lots of turns, but I don’t push off of the wall and get that good coasting/streamlining effect. Not that it really matters since I coast like a barge going upriver. I try to simulate never getting a rest or break on the turns. That was a great beginning to the day and I was still feeling strong when I hit the bike trail later in the afternoon.
I set out on the route below fully expecting to ride a new personal best. Not only did a personal best not occur, I didn’t even finish the route. Ouch! Was it the wind? Was it the nearly crushed testicle about half way up the penultimate (as it turns out the actual ultimate) climb? Was it the powdered sugar doughnuts instead of a banana for my mid-morning snack? Was it the fact that I ate only peanut butter and vanilla wafers for lunch? Or, drank only coffee all morning and not really any water? Excuses abound. The fact remains clear, though. I came up short and was totally wasted at the end.
It was one of those rides that makes you fell like you’re gonna puke at the end. And, puke you would, except for pride. It’s been a long time since I was so toasted after a ride that it took several hours to recover, but this was one of those times. I was too tired last night to even attempt posting this. Today, is better than I thought it might be and I’ll go out again today, only for something a little shorter and easier.
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