Sometime in the past month or so some guy posted questions in a thread here about riding "a Century" on a fixed bike. That thread reminded me how much I used to like riding long distances until I had a whoopsie that turned into a longer-term problem that turned me into a ***** mostly cruising around. That thread woke me up from my stupor and I used it as an impetus to get really rolling again. The past few weeks I did a few metrics - this morning I headed out on my 1st Imperial in longer that I care to admit.
Unfortunately I fell into my old familiar problematic habits - too fast, too early , and foolishly poor hydration and nutrition, but I did manage to make it home...barely. Close to the very end, as I was about to bonk - I had to stop and take these pics...
My trip was never too far from places I could glom some nourishment - but since I'm hoping to try hanging with some of our real Rando peeps in future, I have got to get smarter, and rethink what to carry...