I have not been able to ride since Foxy went out of town. I did map out my next 100 mile trek.. Yep I did 75 miles Friday before last. My great friend Sam is going to to the HTH (Hotter Then Hell Ride) in Whichitata Falls, TX. 100 mile ride with 1000 foot climb in elevation at least once.. Back to my route prospecting......Yeah the first 30 miles is smooth riding then makes a transition to what seams to be semi smooth for 20 miles so 30 smooth, 40 smi-smooth then back to last 30 smooth. I will be great full for that... I am kind of excited about doing it after know I have accomplished the 75... It will have only 800 foot climb total so kind of number about that, but maybe if I can do that ride 3 times before the competition maybe I could do it with him.. I have move my daily ride to 40 miles I can clear that in 2hr.55min that's my base right now except I have not even been able to do that more then 3 days in a role yet do to family/work situations...
and that's the way the cookie crumbles.An that's just apart of life. You work around what you can do.. No whining about it, just do what you can, do it when you can, and do it! Unless this is your living "racing to earn money" If that's the case you shouldn't be reading this you should be out on the road right now! Your only excuse is that this is a recovery day! Ha ha ha I have a lot of those ha ha ha.
But if your trying to work out, and your using this as a way to destress.... Don't become stress out about not being able to destress??? Right??? Let it Go.. Get up in the morning, or get ready this afternoon, and hit the road.. Every mile you put in is a mile you didn't put in before while your were reading this half deranged blog... Ha ha. If your walk then by all means....Get out and walk, that's another foot you put out in front of you that you didn't do before..
Last but not least plan well, maybe even over plan you never want to get to the last 10-20 miles and be out of water, nutrition, or battery life on your phone.. Which 2 out of three happen to me.. Even stopping to buy and extra Liter of water was under.. I used 3 liters of water and 1 liter of Gatorade (1 extra scoop) should of had 2 liter of Gatorade and maybe 4 liters of water, of course that is a lot but this is South Texas.. I didn't eat every 30 min, I ate every hour. I had half a BP & honey sandwich.. BP takes longer to digest I hope so I think it's a longer draw on the Energy you have take In. Gels I am not for sure but seems to me would burn out quicker so you would need a higher concentration in that gel??? Something makes me thank I am going to have to acquire a taste for that!!! Ha ha!
So that's my next thing to test out, I will buy some nutrition Gels and let you know how it goes.. I have read of triathletes go all liquids for there big races, and they compete well and finish.. I am sure that is way better then trying to pack 6 sandwiches into you back pack.. And time efficiency... well I probably loose 1 min every hour for getting a half a sandwich out and when I average 4 mi. Miles, that puts me behind 1 mile in 4 hours to others that are more efficient in taking in substance than I am.. Gels sound better every Blog now.. Ha ha see how crazy this gets!! I don't race for a living but this is what goes through my head when I think about things.. Millions of details that overwhelem me to do something well, and if I can't do it right (millions of details that flash through my mind... Then I often just let it go) uuuuuggggg! Ha ha ha ok on to the next part...
India trip is now probably September 23-October-5/6 spending on flights.. Will be a ministry of the word trip...
That's right the old Battle Ox is not doing shovel work, swinging a hammer, well if I am asked to I will, but I am primarily just going to use the big mouth that God gave me to share His Word.. I will be in Hyderabad with Pastor David. So if you could take some time and join me in Praying that God would have me share things Out of His word that will help to impact those who don't know Him, His Love, His Grace, and His Mercy.. Please pray that God would speak through me and to be able to use me make a difference with his Word..
Ok my little warriors are about to pull the house apart and I know that my wife may want it not to be totally a mess when she comes back tonight and they keep vint for my time with a tunnel and small pop up indoor tent that's in our living room, one of them just told me he was "bandaid man". Everyone need to be healed.. While the other one is. Holding Lego guns that shoot into a cliff so you can climb, and the blanket box has become the treasure box.. Whoooo off, off, off, an awayyyyyyyy!
Hey remember. Get up, get out, and get going!Have a great weekend see you on the road some day. Scotty
