It's sort of overwhelming to think of what's ahead of you when you put in disc 1 and see over five and half hours ahead of you. As the hours go by, the workout gets harder and the mental challenge increases.
I think that's what's so important about doing workouts like this in training: to face whatever you might bring to the table that day such as fatigue, dehydration, ect. and work out the solutions in training.
Surprisingly, each time I do it gets easier. This time I had one small glitch at about 3 hrs, I got off the bike ever so briefly to change my sweaty shirt, get some water, and use the ladies room and powered on through.
My theory is if you can sit on a trainer in the dingy garage for 5+ hrs, riding through the beautiful adirondacks--especially near Ausable should be a breeze on race day.
This week is a bit of recovery to start out with and then it's time to get organized for the Lake Waramaug Ultra.
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