Today I did 91 miles of a century, and forgot to take the usual celebrex I take before any long rides. I was half way to the start point when I realized it, and all I could think was "this is going to hurt." I had no idea.

I have crohn's arthritis in my hips and knees, which is what the celebrex is for. I only take it when I ride. I've done a dang good job masking any pain by taking it pre-emptively over the past 2 years or so. Today was a wake up call that I simply cannot ride longer distances (over 30 miles) without it. I'm not sure how that makes me feel, considering I'm only 30 years old. Well ok I *can* ride them, but it's pretty miserable. I tried to do the whole mind over matter, positive attitude bit which helped. But by mile 55 my hips were screaming at me.

At mile 75 it started to rain. Hence the 91 miles of the century. I skipped the 11 mile loop and headed back in. I'll use the rain as an excuse, but I'd made up my mind well before then that there was no way I'd make the full 102 miles with my jacked up joints.

At mile 82 I was chased by a sharpei. Thankfully I was on a slight downhill, so I was able to motor a bit. But he kept up with me for a while as I yelled NO! at him. I don't think he was doing anything more than chasing me, but that certainly didn't help my situation

Anyway I'm not sure what the point of this post is other than to b*tch about my dependence on celebrex. I could think of more fun drugs to have a dependence on, for one Thanks for "listening."