Know Your Limits
Today I went on a ride and... well it hurt. I was doing well riding along with the boys but, well after the climb I was feeling a little rough. Actually, I was feeling dehydrated and didn't have enough liquid with me to keep rolling for long. I thought about it and since I didn't know their plans beyond "they're going further" I bailed.
I caught hell for it from one of the guys who exclaimed "you were doing fine, we were past the hard part..." but I just knew if I tried to hold on I'd bonk hard and painfully. Since I wasn't sure where I was when I ran out of gatoraide, I got directions with a refill at a convenience mart. Nothing has ever tasted as good as that fresh bottle of gatoraide. I wasn't far from the end, but I finished the bottle before getting to my car. Yeah, I was dehydrated enough to have a headache for the rest of the day.
Tomorrow I'm planning to ride with some of the guys again. Hopefully I won't hurt myself again.
I caught hell for it from one of the guys who exclaimed "you were doing fine, we were past the hard part..." but I just knew if I tried to hold on I'd bonk hard and painfully. Since I wasn't sure where I was when I ran out of gatoraide, I got directions with a refill at a convenience mart. Nothing has ever tasted as good as that fresh bottle of gatoraide. I wasn't far from the end, but I finished the bottle before getting to my car. Yeah, I was dehydrated enough to have a headache for the rest of the day.
Tomorrow I'm planning to ride with some of the guys again. Hopefully I won't hurt myself again.
posted by WarKitty at
8:41 PM
2 Comments:
You'da caught hell from that same guy, if you'd bonked. Good for you, listening to your body.
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Anonymous, at 12/21/2006 12:27 PM
Entirely possible, though the same dude was pretty cool about a few weeks ago when one of the other girls started bonking and slowing down. Its the rest of the dudes I think would have been less considerate.
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WarKitty, at 12/21/2006 1:25 PM
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