May 24 cycling

99 kms. --normally this ride is approx. 104 kms. but new bike path sections around a busy new road bridge chopped off some mileage.

Went up to 16 degrees C or so. Sunny with some cloud. At around 30 kms. we went to our favourite Italian paninni and gelato place. So I wolfed down a heated proscuitto and brie pannini, coffee and 2-flavoured demi-balls of gelato (tiramisu & kiwi). :p Thereafter for next 30 kms. there would be no decent places to eat out the suburban areas by rivers, park, etc. And more climbing of some hills.

I actually needed this. Even though it was having gelato at 11:00 am.

We ended the ride by the waterfront here, by sharing a small container of sushi from a Japanese grocery store homeward. Have never seen so many cyclists and pedestrians in this area. And some of the public buildings haven't been finished yet.

I rode 24 mi early this morning. It was a great ride and a wonderful way to start the day. Then I came home and stripped wallpaper from my kitchen walls. ICK! Glad that job is done.

I just about wilted doing 46.6 miles -- 48 would have taken me to 3000 for the year but I didn't feel up to it. Wondered if this was how other people felt after a hard ride... then realized it's what I feel playing with heat exhaustion, 'cause it was 90 degrees. I'd ridden a 9 mile loop pretty fast to get to the club ride, and then worked pretty hard at the club ride, and then we had to race the lightning home.
Got my 3000 on the commute in this morning, though!

3000! Wow, I just got over 1000 and thought I was doing good. I better get out a little more.