Eighty happy strong miles into my century ride when a stomach bug hit and ended my ride after 82 miles. Disappointing as I know I had it in me to finish. It had finished its task of cleaning me out by late last night and I was back on the road riding today.
We are becoming vey familiar with a road surface here in Texas known as "chip seal"....a tar surface embedded with crushed rock that apparently hold up well to traffic but is hell for cyclists. It's so rough you get no "roll" from your pedal stroke so it's like riding through glue. It also causes perpetual vibration that numbs your wrists and punishes any part of your body that has contact with the saddle. Unfortunately Texas is a big state and we will be riding here for another couple of weeks!
We are heading into the Texas hill country tomorrow for a couple of days. It's supposed to be beautiful there and we are all hoping the bluebells will be in bloom!
We had a spritz of mist this morning and overcast skies. A relief from yesterday's heat!
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