I put my new tires on yesterday and the red, black and grey matched my bike to a "T"! Looks great!
This morning I was up before the sun was and was on my bike by 6am. I set off for Del Mar. I ended up going south of Scripps Hospital on N. Torrey Pines Road to Genessee. I really felt good about getting up Torrey Pines grade and back down(top speed 40 mph). Until I got about 10 miles from home. I guess the one serving of lasagna wan't enough to keep my energy up. I pretty much bonked, but made it back to the park from where I started. Average speed slumped to 16.5 mph though... Nutrition will have to be one of my priorities when planning these long rides as well as for the MS ride in October. Im sure there will be stations to refuel along the way for the MS ride, but don't want to have to depend on that.
Despite the sluggish end, the ride was a success because of the hills climbed and 65 miles. That's 105 miles in 48 hours. I'm feeling more confident to knock out the century rides at this point and I still have over two months to prepare for my first in October.
