Rafe (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} rafeosha) wrote,@ 2006-06-10 18:37:00 |
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Going Long
I woke up late today, but that's OK because I went out for E's birthday last night and didn't get to sleep until after midnight. As I was cooking my breakfast I thought "I should really do my ride now and go to the office later." There was a flood watch for the area this morning, but it expired at 9:30, and since it was overcast and cool I thought it might be a good day for a really long ride because there would be fewer people out on the lakefront path. So off I went. Headwind from the north, so I'd get 16 miles of headwind and then 16 miles of tailwind. My first 33 mile loop went well, but heading north again for the second loop was a challenge. I stopped around 47 miles to eat some food, and realized that I totally need to be bringing more food on my rides. The good thing I did was set my watch to go off every 10 minutes so that I drank 'enough' but I think I need to get more water cages on the bike, so that I'm not afraid to drink the liquid as I need it.
Randomly, I passed by an old college friend on the lakefront. I knew she lived on the other side of town, but even though I've been living here for a year we've never met up. She was out for a 13 mile run (I'm envious! I want to be able to run 13 miles without breaking) and we stopped and talked for a few minutes, which was cool. But I was really feeling the pain when I got moving again. I had to bail after 65.5 miles. When I got home I drank an entire water bottle of gatorade, ate a peanutbutter sandwich and some thai food, then propped up my feet for a bit. After a few minutes like that, I took a shower and then promptly went to sleep for 2 hours. Now I'm moving again, but just barely. I was planning a century pretty soon, so I think I need to ramp up my bike training.
I woke up late today, but that's OK because I went out for E's birthday last night and didn't get to sleep until after midnight. As I was cooking my breakfast I thought "I should really do my ride now and go to the office later." There was a flood watch for the area this morning, but it expired at 9:30, and since it was overcast and cool I thought it might be a good day for a really long ride because there would be fewer people out on the lakefront path. So off I went. Headwind from the north, so I'd get 16 miles of headwind and then 16 miles of tailwind. My first 33 mile loop went well, but heading north again for the second loop was a challenge. I stopped around 47 miles to eat some food, and realized that I totally need to be bringing more food on my rides. The good thing I did was set my watch to go off every 10 minutes so that I drank 'enough' but I think I need to get more water cages on the bike, so that I'm not afraid to drink the liquid as I need it.
Randomly, I passed by an old college friend on the lakefront. I knew she lived on the other side of town, but even though I've been living here for a year we've never met up. She was out for a 13 mile run (I'm envious! I want to be able to run 13 miles without breaking) and we stopped and talked for a few minutes, which was cool. But I was really feeling the pain when I got moving again. I had to bail after 65.5 miles. When I got home I drank an entire water bottle of gatorade, ate a peanutbutter sandwich and some thai food, then propped up my feet for a bit. After a few minutes like that, I took a shower and then promptly went to sleep for 2 hours. Now I'm moving again, but just barely. I was planning a century pretty soon, so I think I need to ramp up my bike training.
