Gearing Up

Mar. 14th, 2014 05:07 pm
rebeccmeister: (bikegirl)
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Well. It has been a busy week and a half, to put it mildly. Tomorrow is the next installment in the spring brevet series hosted by the Houston Randonneurs. There are 400k and 600k options. Seeing as J and I did not make it to the previous 400k, we'll work on that one starting tomorrow morning at 5 am.

I'm still recovering from this flu, to some extent, so I'm not particularly optimistic about the ride. When I was waiting for the train at Loudeac in 2011, I met an Australian man who had to drop out of the Paris-Brest-Paris because he just couldn't keep any food down. It's hard to keep the pace up when one can't get enough energy in. I'm bringing along a lot of fruit this time, plus the usual granola bars. And this:

Preparations

That's a pile of two different kinds of burritos, breakfast burritos with egg, potato, and squash, and garlicky-kale burritos with black beans and rice (no cheese). After the last brevet, J and I started joking about how it would be a good idea to whip up multiple different kinds of burritos. With 15 burritos total, and 250 miles to cover, that's a burrito for every 16.7 miles. Although I should probably share some with J.

I'll charge the cell-o-phone tonight, so I should be able to voice update from the road tomorrow.

Date: 2014-03-15 01:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] randomdreams.livejournal.com
That is a LOT of burritos.
I hope you have fun/are feeling better.

Date: 2014-03-16 07:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rebeccmeister.livejournal.com
You might think...but between the two of us, we ate 9 of them on the ride, plus 2 more the morning after, which means I've got four left to eat whenever the Deep Hunger strikes today. It has been a totally worthwhile project!

Date: 2014-03-15 02:19 am (UTC)
bluepapercup: (capybara)
From: [personal profile] bluepapercup
I haven't had time to comment (or really more than hungry suck down the posts you've been writing) lately but I must stop and wish you good luck on this brevet!!! I'm cheering for you…and no shame and no apologies if you can't finish. Respect the body and the stomach!

much love.

Date: 2014-03-16 07:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rebeccmeister.livejournal.com
Thank you, my dear! I know you're as present as you can be, given a very full life these days. The body required some listening, this time, but managed to do some amazing things, too! :-)

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