Today was another beautiful ride through New York. We rode through some areas where the leaves are really starting to change color and the air definitely felt like fall. Although, the color change isn't quite enough to stand out in the photos. I joked that our Garmin climb screen looked similar to the leaves we were seeing -- there was some green, some yellow, and some red. There was definitely more climbing today, but it was a more manageable amount and not as steep. And it seems that the "peloton," which I spent many weeks riding in has kind of broken up. What was once 6-7 and sometimes 8-9 people strong is now just 4 of us, but that might be okay because the 4 of us ride well together and are having fun.
It's good that today was an easier ride because it seemed like everyone was rather low energy. Not much talking out on the road or at the van stops and lunch was unusually quite. Not sure if it is the cumulative toll of 42 days on the road, the ride yesterday, the anticipation of almost being done, the weather, or a combination of factors. For me, I was definitely exhausted after yesterday's ride and was slow to get moving today, and I'm happy we finished in the early afternoon so I have some extra recovery time.
A little update from yesterday. So I mentioned in yesterday's post that the hotel we stayed at was really nice. Well, dinner was also amazing, again probably the best we've had. I started with a fall harvest salad. For my main course I had english pea risotto cake with mushrooms and spinach. I generally dislike mushrooms, but they were really good with the risotto cake. And then for dessert, mixed berry pie with vanilla ice cream. I finally went to bed with a very full, happy belly.
Now off to prep for tomorrow's ride, which looks like it could start rather chilly, before dinner.
Day 42 stats:
distance: 92 miles
elevation gain: 3898 ft
nutrition:
breakfast: eggs, yogurt, coffee cake, NuGo protein bar
lunch: vegan pad thai, pineapple, cheese, 1 small coke
post-ride: 1 recovery drink, apple pie larabar, smartfood white cheddar popcorn, fun size peanut m&ms, skratch crispy rice cake bar, 1 small coke,1 La Croix
gels: 3
bloks: 1
52 oz skratch superfuel, 26 oz zym
other: 1 small coke
Day 43 details - Piseco to Ticonderoga
planned distance: 84 miles
planned elevation gain: 3968 ft