REMEMBERING TYLER HAMILTON
ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING BOOKS I'VE READ was the confession of Tyler Hamilton. It's been a while, but I was very much reminded of it today...
... as I clicked off the final minutes of my ride.
It wasn't good.
In fact, it was a total rookie move. But, for Tyler, it would have been a very pro move.
Among the many things he did to reach the top levels of the sport was to ride all day long on limited calories...
... then rather than eat he would sleep.
He complained about getting so lean it hurt to sit on anything but very padded surfaces because his butt was gone.
I'm in no danger of that, however I did really mess up my food.
I didn't bring enough and I bonked.
30 minutes from home.
Which for me means I get shaky, pretty fast.
I walked in,
helmet on
gloves on
shoes on
... and finding sugar,
calories...
... it was on!
Chocolate covered macadamia nuts.
Check.
Frozen cookie hiding in freezer.
Check.
M&Ms.
Check.
The problem with a serious bonk is it can take you muscles weeks to recover.
This was a minor bonk, and I was delirious...
... making all kinds of bad decisions.
What I should have done is marched in, sans shoes, and mixed up a 150% of my recovery drink. Then, waited it bit until it took effect.
What I also should have done was take more calories when I rolled out, but one turn lead to another and I rode beyond my planned 90 min...
... even then, I was traveling too light on carbs.
Time to get off my augmented cushion of a derrière...
... and do some extra pushups before I hit the hay.
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