Quote Originally Posted by Susan Otcenas View Post
Here's my calculus, though. You went an extra 35 miles before sleeping. Those were probably 35 miles in the dark, after already riding 230 miles. For ME, I think I would do those 35 miles more quickly (and more likely during sunrise instead of total darkness) after getting some sleep.
That's a really good point. My original goal had been to get to 270 - and complete a nasty climb - before sleeping so I wouldn't have to do the nasty climb in the morning. As it turned out, the issues with our tag along rider complicated things so that the extra 10 miles to get over the climb was out of the question. And the climb really wasn't bad in the morning. I think sometimes we (I) have a way of blowing things out of proportion in our minds. If you just keep riding, nothing's ever as bad as you imagine it will be and nothing ever gets WORSE. In other words, there's a limit to how bad you can feel on a ride. It may continue to be bad, but it won't get worse.

And it sounds like we should have switched rides - you doing the one with the 230 mile stop and me doing the one with the 400k stop!