10/9/09 Friday Night Mt. Dora, Fl
Well, my slacking the last few days produced a 114 mile adventure today ( a personal record). Ran into light problems (actually dark problems) as I was still on the bike at 7:20 pm. I had a conversation with my oldest brother this morning, where he asked me how late is too late to be on the bike and I told him no later than 6:15. Ironic. Boy, did I have to put pedal to the metal the last 30. It's one thing to kick it up a notch in the first 30 but the last 30...UUGGHH!!
That's not even the story today...The heat is off the scale. One of the things that slowed me down was i was stopping what seemed like every 10 miles to find A/C to bring my body temperature to something reasonable. I'm working on my 3rd gallon of water/Gatorade and still feel dehydrated (you didn't think a gator would drink Powerade). Record heat and humidity (mid 90's w/o heat index).
It seems to take me 1 1/2-2 hours to get ready in the morning...couldn't even tell you what takes me so long. Goal tomorrow is 7am departure time as there is the 39th annual bike fest here in Mt. Dora (who knew?) which should clog up the roads all day, so I'm trying to get out early.
I was asking for rain today. I sure hope the heat lets up manana.
Ran into (not literally) another rider (70 year old) who is riding across the U.S. in two week trips breaking it into three years.
One last ride tomorrow.
All is well.
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