BIKE: 4hrs and 62 miles. 4hrs=actual time moving, actual ride closer to 5hrs.
Back to the Mill-Wat-Val loop from the ColMark. Lots of new riders with us today, both new to the group and new to riding with me. That always puts me on edge for the first hour or so, waiting to learn how they react, signal, ride, etc. Once I have that figured out, it's all good.
We started at 5:30am. The sun wasn't even up yet! There was absolutely no wind, and 100% humidity (or so it seemed). Sweat would bead up on us and just sit there. Oh and it was still hot--in the low 80's at first but once the sun came up it settled back into the mid-90's.
The ride was at a slower pace than usual, we had a new rider (doing IML!) whose pace was just a few beats slower than our average. I stayed back with him, knowing that feeling he might have of being the guy who slows everyone down. I've felt that way, and when I feel that way no one can convince me that I'm not the SlowZebra. So I made sure to try to convince him that he wasn't. Hope I succeeded!
Great ride overall! I ate too much before hand, ate and drank just right during the ride, then overall afterwards. This sent my tummy into some real discomfort!!! And it was only noon! Gotta watch these super early workouts. In part, that contributed to my problems.
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