Me: Photo from Sunday's ride. I rode around the mountain (ATM) with Team Vitesse & then to the towers. We had a large group ATM & a smaller group that climbed to the towers. It was a good ride; but the hardest & longest I've gone in awhile (60 miles).
It was so hard & long that I bonked at mile 59…just ONE mile from our house. BONKING is what happens when you lose all power & zest, usually from lack of food or being too hot or going to hard for too long (I was all of it & feeling light headed). At mile 59 I just needed to sit in the shade…so I did. I took 15 minutes; drank water, called Bob who was in PA, took this selfie & then slowly rode home. To recover I ate a huge breakfast burrito, drank a TON of water & spent much of the afternoon on the couch. Time to increase my biking miles, get into better shape & take enough food on my next long outing!!!
I happy to listened to your body and stopped and rested....going 60 miles I would have bonked at mile 1!!!
ReplyDeletehaha, Karen. You're funny!! :-)
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