Two weeks post crash/rib breakage, bruising on a ride to/from White Rock.
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| Squishy at Pitt River Marina |
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| Just south of the Pitt River Marina on the Pitt River - looks like an old floating bridge of some sort. |
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| So pretty and serene in the early mornings. |
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| Pitt River Marina. |
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Woke up this morning with a sore shoulder, like I slept the wrong way somehow? It was really bugging me, so I decided no preride shower as the first thing I wanted to do was take some Advil & Robaxacet and get some Voltaren on this shoulder. Shit, it's really sore.
Thank you shoulder, you are making my getting dressed very difficult this morning. I'm glad I got all my ride stuff ready, which isn't as much as when I go on a longer road ride. I ended up taking the pain killer, plus 4 Gu Roctane electrolytes, plus my Bulletproof coffee (I use my own coffee and grass fed butter, plus Brain Octane). I added Brain Octane to both waterbottles and left the Camelbak hydration pak at home, as I knew it was going to be fairly warm AND almost worse, muggy. I'm wearing a sweatband at 6 am, because it's muggy. I got the doors and windows open and fans bringing in the cooler air. Even though it's muggy, it's still cooler than inside.
It didn't take me long to load my bike and other gear and by 7:00 am, I was in the wonder wagon #2 headed to Jerry Sulina Park. The website said it was open 24 hours and hopefully there are other cars there. It's a place the thieves hit every now and again, so I parked where it was visible to people coming and going in the parking lot, as well as on the dike above the parking lot. I got my gear out and together and started out in a timely fashion and knew it was going to be a sweaty day and glad for my chamois butter. I was even more glad that I left the hydration pack at home too. I like sunshine, but heat and humidity suck bigtime. Heat without humidity okay, but that's not what we get here on the wet coast of BC.
I had clipless pedals put on Squishy a couple of days ago, so it's a first ride on gravel with clipless pedals. I hope the brain octane keeps me paying attention. The dike is NOT a place you want to fall over at, hills on both sides, blackberries, big sharp rocks and lots of gravel, so it's time to keep my wits about me. I'll just unclip when I see dogs and/or people. Good thing I did that, because so many irresponsible dog owners having their dogs offleash when it's an onleash area and some who had no control over their dogs. I had one doberman want to eat me and barely listened to its owner. I just kept a steady pace ready to pepper spray it, if I had to. Yes, you may have to pepper spray a dog while riding on the dike. I'd rather spray the stupid owner though. I have a bear bell on my bike, so I am warning people and dogs. Zombies, however, get the air horn treatment. I filled it up full. :-)
I rode to Kennedy Road/Lougheed Hwy. and lots of winds (always in Pitt Meadows) and kind of liked that on the way back, except when it got really strong, then it becomes a sweatfest. All in all, only a few bad dog owners, no zombies (shit) and nice people. Pays to be on your bike and out for 20 km and back before 10 am. I really liked that time slot a lot.
I found one knee was bugging me a bit (adductor issues) and probably should've stretched a bit, but my brain was so happy to be riding, I forgot. LOL I cannot believe the difference between flat pedals and being clipped in. So much easier and much less effort, which I really felt when I flipped my right pedal to flat (in prep for a fast stop or bailing with dogs, people, etc.).
I started drinking from my large water bottle on the way back and was really surprised that the addition of brain octane really did give me a boost of energy. I feel it was better than the MCT oil, in that it acted faster. Mind you, I only rode 20 km today, nothing big. Having 2 weeks off makes a difference and I'll be doing early morning rides on my days off as much as possible until it starts getting too dark.
I didn't eat any of the Quest bars (low car and no sugar). That's good, I'll save them for another time. I can't get the bulletproof bars up here, so Quest is doing a nice job with their bars and about the same price ($3.99 ea). I'll get a couple bottles of XCT oil too (Bulletproof) from Cutting Edge Nutrition on Dewdney @ 203rd.
That's it for today's ride.
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