you cant sleep

[jarider]

I know, I am hooked, line and sinker. Its 4am and i cant sleep. Anyone else get so excited before a tough ride that they lose sleep.
We are prepping for a charity, very hilly century next week. The prep ride, a tough 75mile uphill slog.
Wish me luck, its 4am on my living room couch and my quads are burning already LOL

[Chicken Little]

Well, I slept, but I'm sitting on my couch at 4:58a. You really gotta stop staring at that topo- you'll be tired before you start, sister. Little wind in Sante Fe, what's up with that?

[Psycler]

Wow, looks like fun. Just think how nice it will be going downhill after all the work you did going up.

[abejita]

Yes!! The night before my first 50 miles I couldn't sleep!

[sundial]

Jarider, good luck on your very hilly ride.

Hubby can't sleep before any big event because he's afraid he'll oversleep. I sleep pretty well before a big ride. If I don't, I'll have a melt down before the ride is over.

[PinkBike]

i can NEVER sleep before a big ride. always afraid i'll miss the wakeup. always. sheesh.

[malaholic]

I can't sleep before a big ride either. It's partly adrenaline, and partly that my brain just keeps running through its checklist..."pump the tires...pack spare tube...wear HR monitor" etc. During the ride I don't usually feel too tired despite missing sleep. As soon as I stop riding though, I promptly conk out.

Good luck on today's prep ride...post back and let us know how it goes!

[Chicken Little]

So, jarider- did you have as much fun as we did? Heartbreak hill will certainly separate the boys from the women, eh?

[jarider]

So, jarider- did you have as much fun as we did? Heartbreak hill will certainly separate the boys from the women, eh?

hmmm not sure how much fun it was. I do know the fun ended before that last climb somewhere around mile 63. Just turned into a matter of pride and determination to finish on the bike.

[jarider]

this is the big labor day charity ride saturday coming. More sleepless nights lol I got to get over this excitement thing. Not good to wake up at 2am and not go back to sleep lol i am the first one at the starting point everytime