Last Saturday I headed out to do my century ride for August. Although I did a little better in July, once again for August this would be about as much riding as I had done the whole rest of the month.
It had been a few months since I had ridden to Sedalia so I was thinking of going there. Once I got to Palmer Lake, I thought it was late enough in the summer that the Renaissance Festival would be over so I could take a little different route and go through Larkspur instead of just going out and back on 105. I’ve never been in Larkspur during the Renaissance Festival but I’ve seen traffic jams on I-25 from traffic backing up at the off ramps so I can only imagine what it’s like. Fortunately I was right about it being over and it was just a small quiet town.
Last week was very stressful at work which had left me drained. It had affected me enough physically that I felt drained even on the bike but it was good to be riding. I’ve also been on antibiotics for 2 weeks for a sinus infection. The antibiotics were really messing my stomach up which also didn’t help energy levels. Since then I came to my senses and finished up the bottle of iFlora that I had and I’m taking Digest Caps until my order of more iFlora comes. My stomach and energy has been better the last few days.
I was moving slow and I needed to be back to meet my family on the north end of town so I didn’t make it all the way to Sedalia. There’s no where to get water along 105 so I usually need to make it to Sedalia. Since I had gone through Larkspur, I had filled up with water there so I was fine turning around.
I didn’t get a full 100 miles in but I got in the required 90 miles to count toward the UMCA Year Rounder. I got in 90.3 miles with 3960 feet of climbing. It took me 6:17 of ride time. I did finish my ride a few hundred feet higher than I started but it was still slower than it should have been. It was still better than not riding.
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