I took a short ride tonight. I have some stuff to do around the house plus I didn't realize that I would be racing daylight. For the first time, I mixed up some homemade power gel. I'm not a super-mega-racer. I don't even know what GU is. I just know that if I bike more than an hour, I need to eat, and I've tried Clif Shots and they worked for me. Fast Guy said that he had a recipe for some homemade stuff. He wasn't around when I wanted to make it so I looked on the internet, and found something that looked like it might work. I wanted something liquid. It's just easier to deal with. I tried it for the first time tonight and it worked well. Intsy asked, "How was it," and she said I made a face when I answered. I really didn't think it tasted that bad. It's palatable. The consistency and color are better than a chocolate Clif Shot.
I decided to try to stay in one gear tonight. Partly to see what it would be like to ride a singlespeed and partly because my derailleur needs to be adjusted. That was a mistake. I remembered why I don't do that. It wrenches my back. Part of it was cool, though. It made me go faster some areas. It wasn't more dangerous. It was just singletrack where I usually lose speed and don't push hard enough to go faster.
On Friday I was fast but today I only had glimpses of the speed. It was all in the way I handled the bike. I was off the seat and sometimes my weight was forward or back. I leaned the bike instead of leaning with the bike. I'll have to work on that some more! It was a blast! I think a handled the bike better than usual on Friday because I was not fatigued. I actually had some energy.
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