Today hurt. The first few pedal strokes I could tell that my legs were dead and that my body was starving for energy. My bento box was full at that time but was near empty by the 50k mark. I was struggling on every hill to keep up and get my legs to move. I could tell Charles felt the same because he was going through his snacks as quick as I was. This prompted a quick stop at non-other then a truck stop. Here I picked up a little treat called steak nuggets. They tasted as bad as they sound, but they gave me much needed energy.
After that I struggled through the next 25k knowing that lunch was going to be very soon. In a little town called Gull Lake. Which oddly did not have a lake around it. That is beside the point though because again all I could think about was food. And again I was pleasantly surprised. I had in this little town the best-pulled pork sandwich I have ever tasted.
I think that my legs responded to this because I felt really good. My legs felt rejuvenated. As well I plugged in my ipod, which always rejuvenates because you can focus on the lyrics not the pain that you’re going through. I was just starting to get comfortable and take some pictures when it happened. I hear a rub and then a bang. Oliver rubbed my bag as I was getting blown around in the wind and went down like a ton of bricks. Luckily only a few scrapes and one jersey damaged.
After that I was pretty rattled. I was replaying it over and over in my head wondering what I did wrong. I felt super guilty and I think Oliver said it was all right just out of kindness.
Instead of pushing on we stopped in swift current where to be a resident you have to either drive a piece of farm equipment, a semi truck, or an extremely dirty pickup. At the campsite we met two more guys going across Canada who speak French as well. It is odd how many people speak the language when you ask. I swear every stop we have made the people speak French. At this point I am regretting not taking it more seriously, and I am also wishing that these millions of mosquitoes would bug off.
Trip Distance: 139.38km
Ride Time: 6:03hr
Avg. Speed: 23.01km/h
Total Distance: 1685km
Total Ride Time: 83:23hr
Destination: Swift Current, Saskatchewan
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Speaking of Ipod, here a few gems:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.motiontraxx.com/
(there you can download free fitness podcasts, some are decent some are cheesy, but they work quite nicely - as long as you don't mind Deekron the Fitness DJ's blabbering at the beginning and the end too much)
http://www.getsharepod.com/
(if you ever want to update your library without having Itunes at hand- gotta love open source!)