Slave Driver
I don’t recall how it happened, but my friend Robbie said he’d like to join me in my ride in the Tour De Cure. I said I’d love to have his company in my ride. So, since I’m in training mode until we actually leave, he got his bike fixed and joined me today. It’s so much easier to ride the longer distance when you’ve got someone with you.
It was kindof cute, he kept asking when we were going to break, and I said, “we’re not, not until we get halfway.”
Him, “We’lll where’s halfway.”
Me, “I dunno, an hour or so into our ride.”
Him, “But I took several breaks last night.”
Me, “We won’t be ready for CA if we keep stopping.”
And so, it was under this pretense that we rode, and rode, and rode. I wore that poor guy out. We went 17 miles in 1.25 hours, we only took one break, a 5 minute break halfway through so that I could check my blood and take care of the low blood sugar. Poor Robbie, it wasn’t even a 5 minute break before I told him I was ready to head back. It was more like 3.9 minutes. He wasn’t ready, he would’ve rested longer if I would’ve let him, but we need to drive each other (in my opinion) so that we’re ready for the 35 miles in CA. I already think that we have an advantage because we’re training at a mile high as opposed to sea level.
It was a good ride though, I’d been hesitant about going further than I had previously done because even though there’s a trail, there’s no telling what’s out there. There’s confidence in knowing that someone else is with you. So even though he was whining (and even though I provoked his whining), I’d rather ride with him any day over riding by myself. It’s just more enjoyable to have someone with you, if I haven’t said it already, I’ll say it now, having someone with you drives you to go further.
The stats for this ride:
Distance: 17 miles
Time: 1.25 hours
Speed: 13.6 mph
A note about my diabetes.
The last two times I rode, there was no midway blood sugar check, I only went 4.2 miles each way, I was on the trail for less than an hour each time. This time, I was on the trail longer than an hour, it was important to gage where I was. I started the ride by eating a Clif Bar 15 minutes before my ride, when I began my ride, my blood sugar was 116 (which is perfect for me), at that midway mark (40 minutes into our ride), my blood sugar was 56, I had some glucose gel and we went on our way, when we finished riding, my blood sugar was 134 (another perfect number for me). The goal now is to maintain the starting and ending perfect numbers, but gain a perfect number at my midway check, that way I can have a small snack, something to give me energy to finish the ride without throwing my blood sugars out of whack.