Originally Posted by
valygrl
Don't wait for some hoped-for perfect spot to have a drink, have lunch, rest, change your jacket, pee, adjust some squeaky thing, etc. etc. Do it as soon as you think of it. Especially don't wait to have a snack until the top of the hill - do it now!
**this is a really good one, especially for stopping for food. The number of times on bike or cross-country skiing that I have put off a nibble and it ends up biting you in the ass with you feeling run down. You are going to stop at some time anyway, so eat when you need to, makes a world of a difference-especially when schlepping umpteem pounds of stuff on your bike up a hill or skiing at -10 or -15c--you gotta stoke the furnace or ye ol ship runs down on steam.
***have said snacks and such WITH you.