hot, hot, hot...

I live in Texas, of course it is going to be hot, but there is nothing like finishing a 45 mile ride in mid-day sun to help remind me.

Didn't ride the last couple of days in hopes my bottom would respond to the latest magic potions Vicki picked up. Turns out the generic diaper rash lotion seems to work the best on that very special "road rash" sitting in the saddle for several hours gives me;)

Rode the loop around Grapevine lake again today. The first 20 miles felt great, the next 10, not bad, the last 15 not so good. Despite drinking lots of water and stopping a couple of times to snack the heat seemed to really drain me today.

Relatively uneventful ride other than a stretch of road under construction. Rather than detour I took advantage of the hybrid bike to ride the stretch they were working on. Fortunately most of the workers were on break sitting in one of the huge pipes they were laying to keep out of the sun.

Only two weeks of training left and my work schedule is likely to be crazy between now and then. I'm going to try and get out for at least 100 miles each of the next two weeks but clearly there will be some on-the-trip "training".