05-21-2004, 11:44 PM
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#8 (permalink)
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In article <yy7ofz9uoqn9.fsf@css.css.sfu.ca>,
Benjamin Lewis <bclewis@cs.sfu.ca> wrote:
> Well, I survived, and have now recovered from this past Saturday/Sunday's
> 400 km brevet, aka "Toil to the Toll", which went from Lougheed and
> Boundary to the Coquihalla toll booth and back. The route sheet and first
> half of the route profile is here:
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> http://www.randonneurs.bc.ca/routes/...s/lm_400a.html
> Seabird Island Cafe. We run into Claude Theriault polishing off a bowl
> of Cream of Mushroom soup and mashed potatoes. This looks really good at
> this point, and we both follow suit. It is dark at this point.
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> The rest of the ride is mostly an uneventful journey back along highway
> #7. I become drowsy several more times, and Lindsay is kind enough to
> wait for me as I take 3 or 4 more power naps, probably ranging from 2 to
> 15 minutes each.
Yow. Was this just a result of a long day in the saddle, or were you in
bonk-mode here? I know you carry about as much body fat as a supermodel,
so you don't have the reserves of a sprinter* like me.
> Knight and Day restaurant: we're finished! It is now 4:44 am, 20 hours
> and 44 minutes after we started. We sit down with Karen and Michel, and
> polish off a couple slices of now-cold pizza, nevertheless delicious. We
> collect our finisher's pins, which are of course the real reason we do
> these rides. We are now a mere 4 km from my house, so I bike home, quickly
> rinse off in the shower, and ... BED!
Congratulations. In the end, the pin makes it all worth it, right?
*Since Ben does 400 km rides, I just assume that my 100 km rides are
comparative sprints.
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Ryan Cousineau, rcousine@sfu.ca http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine/wiredcola/
President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club
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