Distance: 22.95 miles
Avg. Speed: 16.1 mph
Max Speed: 20.4 mph
Total Training Distance: 175.4 miles
Temperature: 62 degrees
Weight: 189 lbs
Its funny. It seems like every training session is an opportunity to work on a specific aspect of my cycling. Some nights, its going fast. Other nights, its technique. Tonight I just wanted to increase my distance and ride at a comfortable pace.
I also end up learning something unexpected with each ride. About half way through my ride I started feeling light headed and sluggish. I started getting hungry which I couldn't imagine could be the case as I just had dinner. Then I mentally tallied what I have had to eat today and realized I really was out of gas. I only had some soup and a few girl scout cookies for dinner. It came on all of a sudden too. I surely don't want this to happen in Tahoe. Anyway, I stopped off at home, gassed up on a banana, some crackers and Gatorade and hit the road again. Lesson learned.
The ride was fine except I almost had a bad crash. One of those YouTube moments. I was riding along and a dog charged me in the dark. It startled me and almost caused me to wipe out. The worst part is the dog was let out to run free on purpose! The owners are too lazy to just walk the dog on a leash. Tomorrow we'll see if Animal Control can talk them into being responsible pet owners.
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