all things cbl

Around 1pm today, I took off with my bike and drove up to Enterprise to go for a ride. When I got out of the car in Enterprise around 2pm or so, the wind was blowing quite a bit. I was a tad worried. Little did I realize that it was a tail wind riding out of Enterprise on the way to Beryl. I thought it was coming from the North West. Either way the ride up to Beryl was quite a nice one. The roads were well maintained, zero potholes, and flat.. very flat.

Here is the ride that I took. After I turned around up at the top by the railroad I realized why it was so fun. The tail wind. Now, coming back I was going straight into a head wind. Painful. It took forever to get back to the Beryl Junction, where I took my rest at the Elementary School. After 10-15 minutes of rest and a cliffshot, I realized that there were 11 more miles to go.. and it would be a painful 11.

Anyway, it was slow going. Finally my quad’s freezed up around mile 5 and I couldn’t pedal without searing pain. Then the same for my calves. ugh. I ended up walking a little bit, until it was soo painful I couldn’t. I just sat on my bike on the side of the road for a few minutes until the swelling went down. Walked a little more, and then some guy stopped and offered me a ride for the final 5 miles or so.

So yeah, fun ride. Half of it was, anyway. I did about 42 miles or so myself. It felt like I also bonked (lack of nutrition). Also got a nice burn on my right bicep. Good stuff.