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title: "A fabulous forty: AIDS/LifeCYcle Day Five"
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title: "A fabulous forty: AIDS/LifeCycle Day Five"
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Roughly 275 miles ridden in the past four days and it's time for a rest day of
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only 43 miles. _Only_. The things cyclists say sometimes never cease to astound
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me. Day Five on AIDS/LifeCycle also has the honor of beinj Red Dress Day, a day
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me. Day Five on AIDS/LifeCycle also has the honor of being Red Dress Day, a day
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which brings out make up, costumes, and of course dresses.
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@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ until 1pm, so there was no sense in leaving early. Secondly, wearing a tiny
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dress is **cold**.
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The last time I did a century I rode around 40 miles before my first rest stop.
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While that was foolish, a comfortable pae and a hearty breakfast can take me
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While that was foolish, a comfortable pace and a hearty breakfast can take me
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quite a long way. Today I needed to hit up two rest stops, a water stop, and
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lunch. I _needed_ to stop because I knew I was going to have some time to kill.
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@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Despite it being a recovery day, I still popped out into the lane to crank it
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past some slower cyclists. Everybody is entitled to their own pace and
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rightfully so, but I get particularly anxious in traffic like that since the
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risk of accidents goes up quite a bit. Generally speaking the safest place to
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be is often in front of other cyslists, regardless of speed. Another cyclist
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be is often in front of other cyclists, regardless of speed. Another cyclist
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followed my initiative and ended up riding with me for a while, before I lost
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him in the pack again.
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@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ turns into just my whole face glitter.
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We climbed out together towards Lompoc and lunch. My right knee keeps
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stiffening up. The quad muscle that comes over the inside has been tender since
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yesterday, and while I'm sure the foam rolling I did helped, it's still slowing
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me down.
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me down.
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Like a big stupid dog chasing a rabbit around a track, I cannot seem to just
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_chill_ and sit in. As I see more cyclists ahead that I can pass, I crank
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onward.
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onward.
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This segment is the one in 2019 where my frame broke. The memories are still so
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vivid to me, the climb where I hear the snap, the straight away where I could
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Space. Force. Base.
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I caught a red light right at the entrace and took a number of pictures. It is
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I caught a red light right at the entrance and took a number of pictures. It is
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just as funny in real life as it is in that documentary with Steve Carell. I
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still cannot believe it's a real thing.
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