a couple mile markers

only one that bears mentioning (the 200+k barrier in google's blogger thing is confusing and i dunno about it since it wasn't there when I started but numbers are always cool)

Oh, right, the one bears mentioning? Hit 6,000 miles for the year today. Probably somewhere around where I was getting dropped by Goldberg and Wetters on a hill or two...

Kept happening until we hit the 30-35 mile mark. Aka the 90-120 min mark. Aka my legs finally feel opened up and warmed up.

And that's very strange. I used to be able to go full gas the moment i got on the bike, now? I get shelled inexplicably until a couple hours go by and then, I feel pretty damn good. Managed to frustrate Brent on the hills. When you can frustrate the hill climber, that's not so bad? right?

Happened a bit in NH. After 2 hrs (and sugar) I started climbing better. Today? Same.

Also - first 60-70 miles there was close to 3500' of climbing. Plenty of elevation and we didn't leave RI or hit the biggest climbs. Granted the last 30 or so we deliberately chose the flattest possible route (BIKE PATH FTW).

6k miles. Pretty sure this is the biggest volume year, esp considering up until May it was on track to being one of the lowest.  The time it takes to warm up before i feel strong is a bit unsettling going into CX season, but I'll keep mulling it over and figure out how to make it work. That is if I actually show up and race.

Today's hundo was fun. It was a very good time. Good people, good roads, good weather.

Getting home, making dinner but not eating it, going to open house night, and then finally eating food at 8:45 after finishing the ride at 4:45?

Probably less than ideal. But hey, whatever.it is what it is and it was what it had to be.

I am now not hungry, i am almost ready to fall asleep.

Given I started the day off watching the rest of everyone drive off in the minivan, i took the ritual morning shit, emerged and saw the 'van back in the spot... WTF? and the Volvo gone (it has dead/dying battery) only means something is wrong. Low tire.

I found a screw in the passenger front tire. I then took time out of all day hundo prep to get that plugged. New Silca schrader valve thing doesn't work for shit so i left it under inflated but plugged and not leaking.

This car has collected 4+ screws since we got the new tires. Freddie used one of his plug strips and then I bought a set with three, there are now three screws sitting in that packaging and no strips.

So that's how the day started. ended with no food for a while.

now ending with me writing...  getting ready to crash/zzzzzz

lots to say, which is odd, after last post maybe i'd said it all, nah...

for now though - check the 'gram feed and we'll catch y'all later, at least those of you with the graciousness to reach out occasionally. But hey I have to recognize that this growing list of former friends that won't talk to me, well probably says more about me than them. Maybe better just not to have friends.

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