Don't have to guess... kind of telegraphed it earlier.
unless you haven't been paying attention? you mean like me?
So yeah, signed up for https://www.bikereg.com/hells-half-acre-mtb-stage-race why? well it is pretty damn close to what I was planning to do anyway and actually two days in a row really is a better test than one day and while this is more money than doing my own thing, it also basically ensures that I will do it instead of flaking out or letting weather cancel anything i planned.
Yesterday was good, one cup (they are large 12-16 oz cup) before work and then one chemex 6 pot at work all day. But change from 2.5 cup before work and sometimes 2 chemex pots during the day.
Today much the same.
Slept okay last night, not the best not the worst. Woke up tired but maybe slightly more rested.
Knees? well, dunno about that, gonna pretend they aren't kind of dull and achy. But maybe it is all the riding of the Black Blue or something? Or maybe it is lymes and i'm gonna get the test results back and have tossed the money to Jim for the hell of it. I dunno. We'll see. They are functional and cutting back on the coffee means i'm more dehydrated than normal because i'm not drinking all that extra liquid so maybe that's all it is now. Dehydrated knees.
East Providence sent a giant FUCK YOU to all the cyclists that transition from the East Bay Bike Path to the Linear Park. It is expected and predicted but so sad. Can't really describe the feeling of relief that it created. A serious lifting of vehicular threats.
EP is just a shitty place to ride your bike and the EPPD seem to be hell bent on keeping it that way.
Guess I gotta figure out bottle drop bag and what i'm eating on Saturday. need to be quicker foods but i gotta remember to eat. quicker because race and i don't want to make Jim mad by being out on the course for too long. Also need to manage hydration well. At least I'll be on the Stache with two bottle cages. Probably go with one bottle of coffee and one of sugar mix, have extras of each at the aid station, thinking gels or blocks for food, maybe cookies? Something quick/fast/easy, almost thinking about kefir but may use that as pre or post race recovery.
Had a post lunch cancellation... i like those... time to catch up (actually almost caught up with the requests) and to recharge.
Still a good pile of things to get through so this, well i ate lunch in 10 minutes earlier - this is a post lunch mental break.
I brought post ride recovery breakfast with me but didn't have time to eat it since i went right into meetings (they were early and I was a few minutes later than planned) and then right into the next one. Barely had time to have a cup of coffee after the first meeting.
Was thinking about eating and food and a meme about "not all calories are equal" with an ominous figure looming in the background saying something about the law of thermodynamics...
looking back at '13 and being hungry more than not... got me skinnier, not sure i'm getting skinnier now but i'm focusing on decreasing size of meals or eating nutrient dense meals with lower caloric values (more salads for lunch). And working on timing. All those fasted early morning rides probably helped too but not as much as I thought they did back then.
And I know I've said it over and over and over, it doesn't help to go back and what if, or wish to go back and make a tweak to the choices... i still can't help but look back and contemplate or think about it and wonder did I do the right thing? I did the thing, and like steph says "the choices you make are the choices you made" or whatever she said.
times up - gotta go back to fixing shit
maybe i can get out of here early (before the thunderstorms get here) if I move on quickly.
lets see - and yeah, i'm kind of excited about the race... but not as excited or worried as I should be? Maybe? Dunno. We'll deal with it when we get there, right?
heddwch,
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