Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Oh North Dakota
Today I biked 116 miles with a pedal time of 8 hours 15 minutes. My group divided the day into six 20 mile increments to make things easier. We drafted the whole day because the headwinds were ridiculous. I ate so much food today and energy on the road to prevent from tanking...it worked. Route 2 is getting to everybody. It's a terribly hard mental challenge to be on one road for 114 miles. Thinking back on the day I actually have trouble recollecting the ride. It was mind numbing and it sort of drove us crazy. From here on out the mileage drops significantly, though we are stuck on the same road for quite awhile. I am headed off to an 8 o'clock bed time to get lots of recovery rest and prepare for our 59 miler tomorrow, though that will be a piece of cake.
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Congratulations! You did it. Remarkable. Love, Mom
ReplyDeleteSounds incredibly tough. Think of the mind numbing sameness as the sort of thing you wish for when you are overwhelmed and stressed in real life.... I think that not recalling it means you were meditating. You were actually not thinking, just being at least some of the time. Cool.
ReplyDeleteBryn,
ReplyDeleteI have been following your blog and am very envious. You are doing amazingly well! I am so proud of you. I will need to borrow your legs for my trip. You will never forget this!,
Keep going!
Love, marci
I was just looking at my old blog from Argentina for the first time since I was there, I saw you wrote, "You're so lucky to be there, especially during the World Cup. I'm stuck at work all day and you're traveling the world." Now the roles are reversed!
ReplyDelete~Mooks
OK, I know what you're saying. I grew up there in ND. When you are about 8 miles east from the 2 and 85 interchange...look right and see a lone tree on a hill. This is call Lone Tree. I grew up 1 mile north of there. Well there were not too many people there then. I was a big land and we were part of it...and I loved it. It is great that one can see forever and see the weather coming it.
ReplyDeleteTake care, girl, you are doin great. Love, C