| Re: Toil to the Toll (ride report)
Ryan Cousineau wrote:
> Benjamin Lewis <bclewis@cs.sfu.ca> wrote:
>>
>> 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.
No, I never bonked on the ride, but the sleepiness may have been partly due
to my eating pattern (too much food at one time, instead of more gradual
intake of smaller amounts).
Interestingly, I had no problems with feeling drowsy on the Fleche
Pacifique this past weekend. My right knee, however is another story;
apparently I wasn't as recovered as I thought after the 400. I was popping
ibuprofen for the last 12 hours or so -- if it hadn't been a team event I
probably would have DNF'd for the first time. I probably should have
anyway. I've made my friends promise not to let me do the 600 in two weeks
even if I feel fine then.
> Congratulations. In the end, the pin makes it all worth it, right?
Sure, you don't think I'd do this rides if it wasn't for a pin, do you?
I seem to have dropped below the 150 lb mark, according to our bathroom
scale.
--
Benjamin Lewis
Seeing is deceiving. It's eating that's believing.
-- James Thurber
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