Sunday, August 2, 2015

Recharging my batteries

      Down time is a critical component of any endurance challenge.  Three to four hundred miles a week is tops for this boy.
I know my limits and after a week my mindset starts to get a bit shaky.  Burn out is as dangerous any physical injury.
      I have been camping in Bowling Green, Ohio in the back yard of a fellow bike enthusiast.   My tent is next to a Japanese style pond loaded with goldfish of varying sizes.  Apparently they multiple like rabbits or about ten times faster.  A local great blue heron had a feast a while back.  
       I had the bike checked over and a few things adjusted. Having found a local CVS store, I was able to replenish my heart Meds.  I am healthier than ever but I do what my cardiologist tells me to do.  Try my hand at sewing, I stitched up a tear in my pannier.  Other tasks included buying more sunscreen lotion and abright orange hankerchief to cover my head.  I don't need my skin doctor carving me up..  The bike got a rest and I walked around town; how boring is that?!  Tomorrow, I will try for Huron, Ohio about 68 miles away.  The town borders Lake Erie.  When I get to Erie, Pa., I head south to Pittsburgh. One mile at a time with the wind hopefully at my back.
      

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