Getting close to the half century mark!

It was a pretty productive morning with a 42 mile ride. The first 10 miles I rode with a moderate pace of 23 mph, the second 10 miles I picked up the tempo to about a 25.5 mph average. The last 23 miles I kept it in the middle with about a 23-24 mph pace. Not to bad...felt pretty good. That makes 1810 miles for the year 910 miles for the month and 933 miles on the trainer so far this year. While riding, I noticed a puddle of water moving toward a low spot on the garage floor...I thought that I had dropped and spilled my water bottle...I looked over on the counter and it was still there, then I looked closer...IT WAS SWEAT! I had been sweating so much that the puddle underneath me was starting to move towards low ground!!! Amazing! No wonder why I’m drained! So, 90 more miles over the next 4 days to hit my goal of 1000. No problem. I’ll even take a day off!!!

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