Last minute ride decision

[goldfinch]

The ride went great. 46 miles turned out to be 48 miles, my longest ride yet, I tagged on two more to hit 50, a milestone for me as my prior longest ride was 37 miles.

It was too hot. I started the ride with some friends but could not keep up with them, though I did meet up with them a couple more times after rest stops and rode with them maybe a total of 15 miles. The nice thing was that we started early, at 10:30 am instead of noon. I don't know if I could have handled the heat if I had started later. It had to be in the mid-80s, and I have been riding the the 60s for the last few weeks. Last year it was 38 degrees when the ride started! I drank maybe eight bottles of water. And I drank a lot of water at the rest stops too, roughly every 12-13 miles. I ate too much at the half way point which gave me a stomach ache. At the last rest stop I was dragging with 13 miles to go. I ate a half an orange and some potato chips. I recovered and moved a lot faster to the end.

Good ride, I had a lot of fun.