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Tuesday, August 02, 2005

Exhausted

Did a 50 mile on the road ride today and just about didn't make it. I think my body is pretty close to wiped out. I've got one more 50 mile day which I'll do on the rollers tomorrow and then I'll do a couple of lower milage, easy spin rest days. With any luck, my body will bounce back nicely in time for the Covington Century. I don't think I'm going to do 100 miles but 75 is certainly within the realm of possibility. Each day during this stretch I've been burning at least 1500 Calories on my ride so I'll end up totaling about 16000 total Calories burned for the whole ten day period just in terms of cycling. That's 4 pounds of body weight so hopefully I've kept my mouth/stomach in check and managed to lose about half of that.

I found out that the Six Gap Century will actually be a month earlier than I had thought so I have about 7 weeks to find some climbing legs. I know that I had a pair around here somewhere but I can quite remember where I stashed them. Maybe they'll be found on one of the hilltops around here somewhere. It wouldn't hurt to drop another 5-8 pounds either so we'll see if I can put those in place of my climbing legs when I find them. Also, I got some good news about my TT bike today. The frame isn't in too good of shape but All3Sports has a frame just like mine they've been trying to get rid of and they may well be willing to make me a deal. That would sure be nice since they think theey could do a lot better than Cedrvelo's crash replacement price. We'll see how it goes. Given my experience with them so far, I'd have to rate them the second or third best bike shop I've dealt with to date. Nate, who owns Bike Tech in Macon, still takes the cake by far but these guys certainly dealt with my buddy Joseph in a really good way and have treated me with a lot of respect and helpfulness so far. So I would give them the big thumbs up/GoodBikeKeeping Seal of Approval.

Well, it's nap time and I'm hoping to get a good, solid one in so I'll sign off now...

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