When you have rode 204 miles in one day on your bike..you think you can do anything. Iron Man....no problem, posting up Shaq...no problem, allow Kristin to drive on a road trip...no problem, sing in a chorus....no problem, hang with the peleton in one stage of a TDF.....no problem.
So when I went on a Tour De Tucson training ride with a group of guys...I thought...I could hang with these guys...no problem...I rode 204 miles before. They did not care...nor did they know...they just said..."Hey new guy, welcome to the pain train". I was suffering after mile 10 and had another 50 to go. It was windy like I have never been in before so the need to stay in the pack was that much more critical. I pulled for a few miles thinking I would be ok......when I dropped to the back to let others take their turn....I realized how those guys feel at the back of the peleton when they know the inevitable is about to happen...and it did.....I got dropped. It was me and the wind and the road. I knew we would be climbing soon as the route took as to Tortilla Flats and I thought again..... I used to climb Mt. Hamilton weekly....I can catch them......once again....Humble Pie. I finally ate some of it and just did my own ride. Thankfully my buddy came back at the top of the hill and we road all the way down. On the way back...it was not bad since I got my second wind and the wind was at my back. All in All....it was a great training ride but I feel like I still have some work to do before the tour next week. Stay tuned to my TDT post....
JD
3 comments:
you'll do great jens! chris will be there in spirit with you. wish i had a few hundred bucks to put him on a plane this weekend to ride with you.
those az cardinals keep surprising me. big game next weekend.
I will be there in spirit on the bike. I figure I can at least put in a century while you are out slogging through all those river beds and cruising down for all those free miles in 80+ degree weather. Good Luck and may the force be with you!
There is always someone faster, stronger, better looking, with more hair, with more money, better toys, better pad etc. Do your thing.
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