Sunday I rode 114 miles out to Belvidere and back. Most notable about this adventure was the fog. I left the house at 3:30am, under a quarter moon. West of Randall road, about 4 miles into the ride, the fog grew very, very dense. Visibility varied between 5o feet and 50 yards. Dense. My headlamp was no help at all, in fact when it was on, it was virtually blinding me, so I turned it off and rode by the moonlight. At one point, I nearly crashed when I ran over a medium sized dead animal that I could not see until I was on top of it. I didn't go back to look at it, but judging by the impact jolt, it was either a raccoon or a possum. The fog persisted until well after sunset, about 3.5 hours of the ride. The upside of the fog was it was made my hydration needs rather minimal. Did the whole ride on two bottles and a cup of coffee, without getting parched. That's the last LONG workout until the Naperville sprint, coming up this Sunday. Be interesting to see the impact of all these long workouts on a sprint race.
Today I did a short run with speed work. Two 6:25 miles in the middle of a 6 mile run. Legs a little soft after yesterdays long ride...
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