My Kind of Workday

I've been working pretty hard lately - Multisport Maps is starting to kick back up, and I'm running a couple new businesses... all while life (and relationships) run on. I've put in more than a few long days recently, and worked right through this past weekend. Come today then, I was pretty tired. I woke up, and was working at 8am, when Roommate Randy started to dress for a ride. It was a great, sunny February day, so, heck… I decided to go with him. I could head out for a quick spin, and be back at my computer before lunchtime.

Well, we rode 110k... took us a bit over 4 hours, 42 minutes. I haven't ridden for more than 90 minutes since last October, so I can't say it was pretty, but it sure was a blast. It started at with a free espresso shot at Moto's coffee shop (a buddy of Randy's), then rolled out north of town, toward a reservoir called Carter Lake. We climbed up to the lake, descended off, and going through a headwind 2 hours, 30 minutes in, the predictable happened: I cracked… completely. I was way gone.

I stuffed down a caffeinated gel and a chocolate Powerbar, then sat behind Randy (at 10mph) for the next 20 minutes. I got out of "that place," but the legs just weren’t there again. I basically dragged my ass home... but only barely. We ate near a full box of spaghetti, we watched a movie, and I'm only writing this after a quick nap. Tough ride, but a great ride. And really, a great day. Exactly the break I needed.

A few pictures:

Moto’s:

Rolling out:

About halfway (check the mountains at 11 o’clock):


Our second (and last) coffee stop, about 80k in: