Today I started my day at 4:00a.m.To ride with 3 awesome athletes Tom, Eric, and surge. I Got ready, put my bike in the back of my truck and headed to Donna to start our 100mi journey. It was gonna be a good day until about three blocks away from Erica house I was stopped by cop going 42 on a 30. It was 4:40am in the morning! Their was nobody on the dayum road. He didn't ask questions he just gave me a ticket. I guess Donna had to make their quota for the month. But I wasn't going to make this get the best of me and ruin my day. Once I got to Erics house we suited up and were good to go. We started 7min late and we were counting on surge getting mad at us....which he did. But he didn't have front lights so he pretty much "needed" us. We made our journey through military highway and Eric did the pulling for the first 11mi. I didn't want to sit I'm the back this ride i wanted to pull. I pulled for at least 45-50min against the wind at a consistent pace of 20-21mph which I was proud of myself. Once we hit 40mi I started having stomach cramps which was really getting the best of me. I was feeling really weak and I couldn't push any more. I thought I was bonking and mal nourished but its just that I needed to go restroom lol. Tom surge and Eric were kind enough to stop a couple of times for me even though they complained a little. On the way back we had a slight tail wind and booked it going a consistent 22-24mph the whole way back. When we were 6mi away from our starting point Tom went up to the front to pull and was beast!!! He took off and was doing 28+ and put a hurting on everybody! I got dropped that last 4mi in but nonetheless had a great time.
Through long training rides you need great friends like Eric Tom and surge cause they push you to become better athletes. Another long ride in the books now to rest up before another long ride tomorrow......
