Hard ride today... I contemplated giving up

[Lise]

Dear KSH,

I hope a good meal, maybe a hot bath, and a night's sleep helped. Don't give up. You just had a hard day, a hard ride. Sounds like you bonked--ran out of fuel--and that produces powerlessness, physical, mental, and emotional.

It's early in the season. You were low on, or out of fuel. Maybe at least a bit dehydrated. You were riding in the wind, and on hills. Yet you maintained an avg. of 15.4 mph over 42 miles? You have my respect.

I love doing triathlons. I ran a 1/2 marathon and the Chicago marathon last year. Tomorrow morning I'm running the 8K "Shamrock Shuffle". My speed? 12 mph. Sometimes a little faster, when I am better trained. Slower on the marathon. BTW, over 7,000 people did not finish the marathon. I did.

Did you know that you are part of the approximately 1% of the population who's ever done a triathlon? Eat up, rest up, plan your nutrition strategy really well next time, and take heart! You're an athlete because you are out there doing it. (((KSH))) Lise