TWO DAMNITS DO MAKE A RIDE
I GOT DONE WITH THE RIDE. Stopped the timer. Hit upload. Grabbed the recovery mix from the fridge...
... and waited.
Soon I'd have feedback on just how fast we'd gone, and more importantly...
... if I'd flown as quick as it felt.
Of course, there would be a million badges. It was only my second time on the route.
Would they be 1s or 2s?
Kicking the doors of routine down ain't easy.
Easy is waking up and doing the same thing. Same ride. Same cats. Driving a bit and joining some unknown quantities on their route, that they know...
... more challenging, more fun.
It pays to be a bit cautious.
Not knowing all the players, the turns, or the kick in the bibs climbs, can find ya shot out the back quicker than an e-tap.
I clung like an insecure lover up the first climb. It's longish, 20 mins. I wasn't too surprised to make it with the leaders because there was a solid headwind taming the front...
... it felt good to be there.
Later was where I was focused.
The wall that had thrown me out the back three weeks prior loomed ahead.
It isn't straight up. It curves. It's not insanely steep. Nor too long. The problem is...
... it comes late, and hard.
When we hit it today, and the eagles flew on and up...
... a minute from the top, they were over.
I wasn't.
There was only one way back, and I had to make it back, because...
... where the hell was I?
That's the motivation that comes from doing new rides.
I pressed hard over the top and charged down, carving every single turn.
Which brings me to the one thing I can bank on, and which often works out, I'm pretty damn aero, and the goodLord blessed me with great vision.
I expected to go faster, having previously done the descent once before.
I didn't expect this, though... a big boy cup, right behind my pal Brett.
I sent him a screen shot and a teasing Damnit.
While reveling over the silly Strava trinket, he fired back his own screenshot and Damnit.
Which is why I always say, two damnits do make a ride.
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162.5
7.8
10 Pull Ups + 12 Power PushUps (one set, too sore) + 5 Heavy Squats
20 minutes recovery
60 minutes reading + Journaling