Shiz, I have a real cyclist in my ward
 

He is tall, thin, and fit. I talked to him, and he says he has raced in the past. Didn't say what Cat, though certainly I gave him the opportunity.

He says to call him next time I ride. I've been on 5 rides this year and bonked recently on a 14 mile ride.

I'm scared. Mom, hold me.

So I've ridden past two days, in efforts to get better before my first rally.

Man, it is hard, hard, hard. It's frustrating to be going 20, knowing that if I was in shape, I should be going 23 for the same cardio effort.

Going on a ride with this guy, with me out of shape, is like showing up to a date after a #2 accident.

My first ride with this guy is probably this evening.

I rode 20miles hard yesterday. Played basketball at lunch today. I am beat.

I think he is a former Cat 3, and I know he has done at least one rally this summer. So he has more talent and more fitness.

This is going to suck big time. He's going to think I'm a grandma.

Ride real hard for the first two miles and then go down hard. He'll never even know that you were toast by that time.

btw, I got stung by a wasp on my ride yesterday. The area around it is hard and indurated. My lower abdomen.

I got stung by a bee in the lip a couple of years ago while out riding before work. By the time I got home it felt like this:

http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465...tch.jpg?size=l

It hurt, and I said, "ouch, ouch, ouch!" as I tried to swipe it away. Which of course is hard to do when you are traveling 30mph on a flat, no wind, indefinitely.

OR this:

http://ridetrash.com/images/imagesfi...rsBeeSting.jpg


That is Jonathan Vaughters when he was stung during the Tour a few years ago and they wouldnt let him take any cortisone so he had to retire.

His eye is swollen, so what? Riding with a broken collarbone is harder.

Not if you're not clean.


One eyed riding in the peloton is not very safe.