I spent the biggest portion of my ride today negotiating with myself about how far I would go and what kind of deal I could make around that. Initially I had hoped for at least 120 kms followed up by a 7.4 km run. Things were going alright if a bit slow, but then the rains began after about an hour and a half. That's when I really started to rationalize some way to shorten things up. I finally convinced myself that if I hung tough with the 125k then I could accept doing a somewhat shorter run, probably the 4.5 k jaunt to the psych and back. In the end I rode 128 kms in a time of 4 hours and 24 minutes and felt decent enough on my run to complete 7 kms in just over 35 minutes. I was pretty whipped by the end, as well as very very wet, but it felt good to hang in there. Your supposed to listen to your body and in essence that's what I ended up doing. I truly felt pretty good despite the weather. I think I was much better fueled then my previous long attempts. You can see that I added some behind-the-seat storage thereby allowing me to double up on my energy drink while still being able to carry enough water. I took in about 1100 calories over the length of the ride, which is still shy of what I need. The next time I will mix it even stronger.
All in all a satisfying workout day.
I wish to dedicate day 225 to the Mom of Sean Clarke. May things go well for her.
“I was negotiating a contract to accept Jesus as my personal savior, but he refused to recognize my free sex clause."---Al Medwin
love
peter
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