almost 200 miles (sigh..)
never again i'm going for a long rides without adequate hours of sleeping.
the night before,my neighbor was having cumpleano fiesta they live right upstair in the same apt building.with the loud music they put on i have to endure every minutes of stay awake (my eyes closed but my ear aren't) so basicly i stay awake the whole night till morning.
and it certainly doing damage to my riding performance.not only,..aren't able to produce enough energy to stay afloat on flats with steady pace that i desire but also i most suffering on every climbs that stand in my way in every directions..speaking of irony and agony try this for 16hrs riding with lack of rest.ok,.enough excuse!
wife went to work.me went for bike ride.
we both leave together but with different purpose.start at 4:16am i'm heading south on CR 507 just a few 1000ft from my apartment door.
within 1 hrs i'm already in suffern,and for the next 5hrs i didn't stop at all (except for taking pics or peeing) at around 10:am i was walking a steep climbs towards sam's point rd.an old gents was doing reparing on his truck informed me that no bikes are allowed in ice cave area (wich is my destination,to see ice cave there) alas..i turn around and made detour towards minnewaska state park.
this pic taken after descending from top of sam's point Rd.
the 44 and 55 state route was kind enough with cyclist,almost entirely lenght of this highway has wide shoulder altho some area not so wide but still leaving plenty of room for cyclist to ride on.
i forgot to mentioned...county roads in new york are the best back roads ever, comparing to NJ or PA new york so far so good.
and trully is,.the catskill region is no jokes with their mountain range back roads.
"test your driving skill here.free of charge"
now,..the next stage is x-ing the hudson river.
from 9w to mid-hudson bridge was only 2 miles on this part of 9w (not the one from fort lee to bear mountain) the roads condition was'n so great for roadies.i remember christina (racerchicks) posting her ride x-ing this bridge.
so,..i finally standing on it,yesterday.it is very beautifull up there.it was so crowds with locals and tourist flocking the pedestrian bridge and it also has rail trail that only 4miles long.
mid-hudson pedestrian bridge in poughkeepsie.
continuing,..after made my way crossing those amazing enginering marvel.
my next stage was taking NY bike route 9..this route is very easy to navigate
route sign is well marked ahead,so i have no trouble at all following it.
luckily it is all going down from here (not really tho..) at this moments i was so exhausted,i didn't even bother to find something to eat just as i would normally.so i just kept on going.
met 2 guys in their 50th who's riding from maine-florida. didn't had a chance to get more information coz we're all was in a hurry.
at around 6:20pm i was in nyack stoping to eat instant cup noodles.the warm soupie from this cheap meal make my tummy a lil happy.
in the end all i have was, 2 avocado with 1 yogurt,6 GU and 1 instant noodles
2 apples,1 donut.any,..hardcore cyclist will know that i'm certaintly not have enough foods/energy for this rides.
but..it ain't.it may seem less but actually works for me.
altho i may not reach my goal.
but all the rides that i did was simply having fun and to go places that i'ved never been to also to wasting my wonderfull time on my bike and the passion that i loves so much.
should i do this again?
maybe yes and maybe not..
but yesterday was simply "dumb" riding bikes without/proper rest is really dumb.i would never doing it again.
total 198 miles..aiming for 200miles.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/117229388
I've learned that it's just because you don't realize how much it compromises you.
