Old 02-25-14 | 09:47 PM
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Dave Cutter
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From: D'uh... I am a Cutter

Bikes: '17 Access Old Turnpike Gravel bike, '14 Trek 1.1, '13 Cannondale CAAD 10, '98 CAD 2, R300

We all have off days. You had an off day. Take the time out to enjoy your rides.... enjoy more by riding more.

I fell tired... lost energy on a metric century last season. I stopped had an ice cream cone... drank water...and felt fine again. But for only a short while. Then I once again became... almost exhausted. I left the path to ride to a nearby gas station where I got a large [hot] coffee and after drinking it... my energy returned.

I'll never know if I had allowed my core to get too cool... which drained my energy... or if I merely ran out of caffeine. But the hot (24oz) cup of coffee is all I needed to refresh my body.
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