A year ago yesterday I tried out Map My Ride for the first time, with a 25-ish mile ride around the Lummi peninsula. Today I repeated the ride for my anniversary. On the flat roads between Ferndale and the casino the headwinds were so strong I almost decided to turn aside and cut the day short, but I pushed on over the boardwalk to the roundabout at Kwina Road, and as soon as I hit the hill climb the wind came around behind me and I started flying along at 12-13 mph. For me that's faster than average even on flat land.
I wasn't feeling well last week, I think from mild dehydration and chronic over-heating during the warmish weather. Our temperatures have only been in the mid-70s, with a couple of days over 80, but I'd been doing a lot of walking and errand-running without paying much attention to eating and drinking right. By the end of the week I was feeling fatigued, headachy, with a stiff neck and back, and tired, sore muscles even though I didn't do anything much more strenuous than walking while carrying groceries. Friday I spent the day resting and drinking several liters of water with Fizz hydration tablets. By Saturday I was feeling better, and with cool, breezy weather on Sunday I decided to repeat last year's ride.
I was a bit worried at first, struggling so much against the wind, but it ended up being a very pretty and fun ride. All the way around I was thinking the hills were much easier than I remembered, and I even bent down into the drops for one fast downhill. Very happy to ride again.
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