On Sunday I went on a ride that a friend is starting to help new riders learn about group riding. This week it was about a 34 mile ride which was a record for many in the group and a little boring for others. I was looking forward to it as a couple of old friends were coming along.
A few miles into the ride I started feeling really awful. I thought perhaps I had screwed up with eating or drinking and that I was hitting a wall. Well, I did hit a wall - a big one - I had to stop and um... well... be sick. I finished the ride though still thinking that I was just dehydrated (which, of course, I was by then).
A couple days later and I now know that I had some sort of stomach virus. I can look at the experience as an awful one, since it wasn't much fun... but I am kind of proud that I had the strength and will power to ride ~34 miles with a nasty virus.
Posted by dmason at August 10, 2004 02:29 PM