Wow Tim! Great effort! I thought I was the only one with ongoing body pains. Could it be the new shoes? Glad you weren't attacked by a bear. Are you going for the iron man next?
James On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Tim & Susan <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > At 6:30 pm I'm getting off the bike at my car at mile 180. I'm > wasted, The pain behind my big toe is intense and I can't stand with my > bike shoes on. I have to sit on the ground and take them off. Time to see > a foot doctor, gout/arthritis is getting worse through the year. He'll just > say, stay off the bike and give up recovery drinks. I already know the > treatment. Anyway, concerned people start bringing me food and stuff > thinking cramps have taken hold of me. I climb into my chair for an > extended dinner break. Knocked down 24 ozs of V8 juice that Maria gave > me. My body wanted more of that but it's all they had. Not a V8 fan, but > its excellent endurance food. > My ride started at 8:00am. 13 of us lined up for the 24 hr. tt. > Again I'm the only fat guy there. I'm cool with my 1200K stickers on my > car but these guys have RAAM stickers and alpha dog has a double iron-man > sticker on his car. You know, swims 7 miles, 220 miles on a bike, then > runs 52 miles because he can. Four guys, all sporting disk wheels bullet > out of the parking lot. I should have let them go but noooooooo. We're > spaced about 100 feet apart cruising 22/23. Third guy falls back a bit, I > go around. 10 miles in I start to drift back as well. Alex from > Washington passes my back in the headwind section and we chat a bit. He is > the reason this race is being held. Big dog lives here. I pace a couple > hundred feet behind him and on the front stretch of lap two I pass him > again, he returns favor on the back stretch. I'm having a blast. I know > things will change soon when the front bearing stronger winds reaches us > late morning, and that train was right on time. I'm on lap three 65 miles > into the ride averaging 20 and change when the 15mph winds arrive. It was > like I hit a wall. Alex rode away. I should have chilled and just rode > for fun but I wanted at least a 600K out of this ride so I pushed a little > too hard. Round and round, slower and slower. I was taking pain pills > every lap to ease the pain in my feet. Short lunch break, more laps, 180 > miles by 6:30 when I stopped for dinner. Flags were still at full salute. > My goal was fading away unless the wind stopped soon. > Hooked up my lights for at least one more loop. I was going to get at > least a double century, my tenth of the year. If the winds would die > I'd continue to chase my goal. I'm halfway around the loop when a jeep > rides behind me for a quarter mile or so. I don't remember seeing any crew > members driving a jeep. Finally he pulls up beside me. "You want me to > follow you back to Washington" he ask. "No thanks, I'm good" I reply. > "Well I don't want to scare you or anything, but damn man there are bears > out here". I finally convince him to continue on. Back at base the wind > still has the flag at full salute and I had another slow lap and no chance > of reaching my goal, and with the thought of bears being on the course I > decide to go home. I go around and thanked all the crew members and packed > up. Ended up with only 206 miles, but got to experience a more competitive > side of endurance cycling. I need to drop 20 lbs and try it again. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en.
