Palm Springs 100
I’m FINALLY feeling back to myself again. Palm Springs 100 mile route made of mess of me. I did feel pretty good throughout the ride. But I wasn’t myself after the finish.
We started at about 8am. About 9 hours later, D and I rolled across the finish line. Crazy right? 9 freakin’ hours on a bike. D and I both crossed the finish line at about 5:05pm. RL was only a few miles behind us. But the sun went down. DOH! But we all rode 100 miles. By the time we finished, it was almost dark, and the expo booths were all closed! !%^&^*#$@! I WANTED TO SHOP a little bit and try out the Cannondale Synapse! UGH…. And I WAS SOOO TIRED! Here’s a picture during the early part of the ride.
We went right back to the hotel room, drank a glass of Veuve Cliquot, then went to Copley’s for a great dinner. I had tofu steak, RL had salmon, D had beef tenderloin while RL and I polished off a bottle of Mark West Pinot Noir. As soon as we got back to our room, I went right to sleep. ZZZZzzzzz…
One thing that I was surprised with myself was that I didn’t take any gu (WOOHOO! although I had 10 packs with me), but managed to do the ride with orange slices, apple slices, 2 bananas, 4 packs of trail mix, about 8 bottles of water with electrolite tablets. The weather was okay - I didn’t overheat even though I had my leg warmers throughout the whole ride.
So, when I woke up on Sunday, after 10 hours of sleep, I woke up STARVING! I needed to eat everything in sight! I’d become an EATING MACHINE!! And then after I ate, I got sleepy and had to take a nap! Every 2 hours. And I NEVER TAKE NAPS! That was how it went for the next 3 days. Eat then sleep, eat then sleep. Eat every 2 hours then sleep. Sleep for 10 hours a night for 3 days straight. And my quads burned like crazy every time I walked up the stairs. RL’s vegan meal and leg massage on Monday night helped get me back on track though. I woke up feeling good, after my 10 hour nightly hibernation the morning after.
Today, I woke up (again from my 10 hour hibernation) more refreshed and alert. I actually stayed awake throughout the entire day. I did eat $20 worth of groceries for lunch. And kept eating… and eating… I am still an eating machine, but have not become a sleep machine - at least not during the day yet.
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