It started out great with a short climb and then a fantastic downhill. The downhill was about 26 kilometers along the major newly paved pristine highway with a fantastic shoulder to ride on. I took full advantage of it and blasted down. It was a phenomenal run. The speed kept increasing as I got in the most aerodynamic tuck position I could get in. I managed to squeeze out a new personal best speed of 86.4 kph or 54 mph! It was a great start to a day that deteriorated from there. The first directional mistake that I made was at the end of the long downhill. I blew past the turn and kept going. My odometer does not work so I would check Strava on my phone periodically. When I finally checked it I knew I had gone way past the turn off. But they said there was going to be someone standing at the turn off to make sure people didn't miss it. The problem was that they didn't think anyone would be there that fast. So I missed it. Once I turned and went back they waived me on to the right dirt road. But once again I missed the next immediate right turn and went pretty far down a very rough gravel road before turning around. By this time I had made the days ride quite a bit longer than it should have been.
Then we had a rough gravel experience for some time with several river crossings and up hills on loose rock, dirt and gravel. Not my favorite...
Then we had excruciating steep hill climbs. My mental attitude deteriorated over the morning ride to the point where it took every ounce of fortitude to not call it a day and catch the truck at lunch. But I pushed on after lunch and finished the day with no energy left what so ever.
The scenery was beautiful but hard to see because I just kept my head down and pushed on with... Shut up and keep pedaling sounding off in my head in a loop.
That and I have been experiencing a fair bit of pain from the cuts on my thigh from my accident a week ago. They have become infected and are not healing well.
But tomorrow is another day! So here is to a better one tomorrow!
Hi michael,
ReplyDeleteYou are awesome. Take care of those cuts for sure. Do you have peroxide? Pour peroxide on them as often as you can every day. It is important to keep them clean and use the peroxide.
If you have any antibiotics like keeflex or cephlahexin, that will also help. I know they sell cephlahexin in many pharmacies in mexico, they probably also sell it where you are. This is good for skin wounds.
We luv you
Pam and dan
Hi michael,
ReplyDeleteYou are awesome. Take care of those cuts for sure. Do you have peroxide? Pour peroxide on them as often as you can every day. It is important to keep them clean and use the peroxide.
If you have any antibiotics like keeflex or cephlahexin, that will also help. I know they sell cephlahexin in many pharmacies in mexico, they probably also sell it where you are. This is good for skin wounds.
We luv you
Pam and dan
Hope your skin wounds heal very soon. Take good care of them.
ReplyDeleteJohn and Hetty