Burn out...

Yep, I think I am just a little bit burned out from riding. Today's ride was at Toro park, with the 1800 foot climb in about 4.5 miles or so. That kind of elevation gain over that distance shouldn't be too bad, but the softness of the soil over good portions of the climb just make that much worse.

I was just all kinds of off today. Felt like crap climbing. Sweating like crazy even though temps were in the 60's. Had some rare high humidity though as it was foggy at the start. Riding down the backside of the 1800 foot hill, I had to slow down. I was on the XC bike, so it wasn't as smooth, but I had a pounding headache that the high speed bumps wasn't helping. Once we got into the canyon, it was better, but I was having all kinds of bike handling problems.

Further evidence that I was a bit off today was that I thought, "it is only a 1.5 hour ride, I don't need 3 liters of water and a water bottle. I'll just go with just a little over 2 liters of water, and also go without electrolyte pills." Well, after about 50 mins of climbing (a little bit of pushing), I made it to the top having consumed at least 1.5 liters of water.


I just didn't have it today, whatever "it" is. But, I think today put me close to a total of 200 mtb miles in two weeks time. It will also likely be my last ride until I get to Downieville and start doing some shuttle served runs at altitude. Hopefully, the replacement bearing for the rear CK hub on the big bike gets to me before I head out of town. I can always scavenege parts from the XC bike as the wheel set on there has the same hub and is burly enough to handle some All Mountain riding. Looking forward to it.