Going Long and Hard.

Aaaaaaaaaaaand I forgot to check the brake lever box to confirm there were actually cables in there 😂

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GWB 200k.

This was a fun one and sort of a clusterfuck.

I slept through my alarm by an hour. Like BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP for an hour and I was just out. My wife also.

Messaged Paul and told him I’d be there right before the Start Control closed and jumped in the car. No breakfast or anything.

Made great time doing 100mph up the TP. Got boxed in trying to make my exit off the GWB and ended up in Manhattan. U-Turn and made it to the Municipal Lot. Have to set up an account and shit to pay for parking. 10-minutes to 8 I left the lot to ride to the start and check in just under the wire. Last starter an hour back.

I used all of the 9w roadie groups to keep a good pace but I was overexcited and not paying attention. Ended up blowing turns and riding off course a bunch before the first Control.

There I caught 1 person of 30 something. I blew through that stop and didn’t fill my bottles or eat because I’m dumb.

Route was closed because of a fire in West Milford.

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Run out of water before the midpoint Control. Basically the whole group was there eating lunch so I was in the main group. I grabbed a pretzel and filled my bottles. Quick stop. Now I’m in like 10th.

Going up through Harriman I caught up to a couple more guys. Which is crazy that I caught anyone on a climb, but it happened.

Last Control I’m absolutely starving and looking for a quick calorie boost so I bought a 1/2 gallon of chocolate oat milk.

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This was mostly a good idea except I put it in my bottles and tried drinking it while riding. That was good for the first bottle but it was like 100 degrees and I needed water.

My legs started to get a bit crampy because I was definitely dehydrated. Thankfully there was a pack of kids selling lemonade on the street so I was saved!! Best $2 ever.

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Finished 5-minutes off FTD. No doubt from the desperately needed lemonade stop. Also made it back about 10 minutes before my meter ran out so it straight back to the car and gone.

Vegan Fat Cat for dinner after eating a pretzel all day.

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Steve Vai said:
GWB 200k.

This was a fun one and sort of a clusterfuck.

I slept through my alarm by an hour. Like BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP for an hour and I was just out. My wife also.

Messaged Paul and told him I’d be there right before the Start Control closed and jumped in the car. No breakfast or anything.

Made great time doing 100mph up the TP. Got boxed in trying to make my exit off the GWB and ended up in Manhattan. U-Turn and made it to the Municipal Lot. Have to set up an account and shit to pay for parking. 10-minutes to 8 I left the lot to ride to the start and check in just under the wire. Last starter an hour back.

I used all of the 9w roadie groups to keep a good pace but I was overexcited and not paying attention. Ended up blowing turns and riding off course a bunch before the first Control.

There I caught 1 person of 30 something. I blew through that stop and didn’t fill my bottles or eat because I’m dumb.

Route was closed because of a fire in West Milford.

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Run out of water before the midpoint Control. Basically the whole group was there eating lunch so I was in the main group. I grabbed a pretzel and filled my bottles. Quick stop. Now I’m in like 10th.

Going up through Harriman I caught up to a couple more guys. Which is crazy that I caught anyone on a climb, but it happened.

Last Control I’m absolutely starving and looking for a quick calorie boost so I bought a 1/2 gallon of chocolate oat milk.

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This was mostly a good idea except I put it in my bottles and tried drinking it while riding. That was good for the first bottle but it was like 100 degrees and I needed water.

My legs started to get a bit crampy because I was definitely dehydrated. Thankfully there was a pack of kids selling lemonade on the street so I was saved!! Best $2 ever.

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Finished 5-minutes off FTD. No doubt from the desperately needed lemonade stop. Also made it back about 10 minutes before my meter ran out so it straight back to the car and gone.

Vegan Fat Cat for dinner after eating a pretzel all day.

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Steve Vai said:
I used all of the 9w roadie groups to keep a good pace but I was
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Steve Vai said:
GWB 200k.

This was a fun one and sort of a clusterfuck.

I slept through my alarm by an hour. Like BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP for an hour and I was just out. My wife also.

Messaged Paul and told him I’d be there right before the Start Control closed and jumped in the car. No breakfast or anything.

Made great time doing 100mph up the TP. Got boxed in trying to make my exit off the GWB and ended up in Manhattan. U-Turn and made it to the Municipal Lot. Have to set up an account and shit to pay for parking. 10-minutes to 8 I left the lot to ride to the start and check in just under the wire. Last starter an hour back.

I used all of the 9w roadie groups to keep a good pace but I was overexcited and not paying attention. Ended up blowing turns and riding off course a bunch before the first Control.

There I caught 1 person of 30 something. I blew through that stop and didn’t fill my bottles or eat because I’m dumb.

Route was closed because of a fire in West Milford.
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why do I feel like I could replace the only the names and places in here and this would describe 3 out of the 5 days of my typical week.
 
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