I Couldn't Do It

Yesterday I posted:  I have another run scheduled for tomorrow and my biking friend asked me if I could go biking again and I didn't even hesitate.........YES!  I don't know when I will fit the run in, it is a busy weekend with some more spectating coming up but I'm not going to worry much. I want another bike ride.


Yes I got up and biked with my friend but I also did the run after I got back. It was 11:30 by the time I went - so not my time of day - but  I did okay and it is done!  I knew if I didn't do it I would try to fit it in tomorrow and I don't want to do that. I want to enjoy Em's race without worrying about my working out.  And I need a rest day.  The last complete rest day I had was August 3 just before I went to DC. I have either biked or run or both every day since.  I am looking forward to nothing (except walking all over creation to try to spot Em in her race) tomorrow. 


Today we did a ride that included a small part of one I did last week. 

Camel's Hump is behind me, a bit hazy and hard to see.

 The first part was on a busy road (for around here) with no shoulder at a time of day that people were going to work.  It was not fun.  We were all business here - ride fairly hard, no chit chat - just get to the next part.  About 12 miles later we were there and it was heaven.  No traffic, scenic and easy to ride and chat.  C was very impressed with this road and kept talking about how much she liked it.


  Then we turned right instead of left and headed toward Route 17. This was a great road, not a lot of traffic and once again pretty.  We saw a lot of these guys who I thought at first were llamas but they were alpacas. I am not sure of the difference but they were kind of cute.

 When we finally got to Route 17 which goes over a mountain to some local ski areas we thought we would be going down because we had already climbed. Well, not so much. We had a couple miles of climbing to do even though we were going "down" the mountain.  It definitely was the hardest part of our ride especially mentally. 

Finally heading down

 But what a sweet reward once we finally got to the top of this section because then it was several miles of downhill!  I am generally coming up this road so it was a nice switch to be going down it.  We were back where we started with 38 miles under our belt for this ride and it was only 10:30.  Yes!  

When nature calls in VT you 

park your bike by a hay wagon.

Once home I had a couple of choices.  I could go into work but Lindsay told me:
I hope you are taking your last optional day OFF! I sure would :)
and it sounded like good advice to me so I went for that pesky run I was thinking about instead.

Somehow I got through this run after a long

bike ride. Yeah I have a day off coming up!