35 mile ride to Issaquah and back. Excellent route. Nice wide bike lane on the east side of lake Sammamish. Goes almost to Issaquah before bike lane ends, I don't understand the thinking there, but Its nice as far as it goes.
I was cruising along nicely from 20-22MPH. Some moderate hills were a chore but do-able at low speed. I sipped on Snapple in my water bottle to keep my energy up...but still bonked a bit going through Redmond on the way back. Stopped for another Snapple and that gave me just enough pep to get back to Woodinville. In the last 5 miles I was cramping up a bit, I got chilled, put on my packable jacket to grind out the rest of the way. I am experienceing rather extreme "Recumbent Butt" which has not plaged me before... Obviously the quick ramp up and increased road miles did it to me.
I tried a pedialyte/snapple cocktail for a homebrew sports drink. Tastes pretty good and has the right mix of electrolytes and carbs for me. We had a bottle of pedialyte left over from one my son's illnesses, so I gave it a shot.
Mmmm....Pedialyte to drink......Maybe some Desitin for the Recumbant Butt.
ReplyDeleteMe thinks Depends and Ensure are your next step.
Its all just a slow slide downhill to the nursing home, dude!
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