... Or how not to prepare for a ride. Here's what you do.

1. Get sunburned the day before (yes, I know it's closing in on 'winter' over here, so what?).

2. Stay up most of the night before so you can watch the FA Cup final on TV (God knows, it's not like I'm going to watch anything else).

3. Make sure you're with a group who aren't riding as far as you are, and make sure you sustain their pace all through your ride.

4. Find a member of that group who is almost as unprepared as you are, and give them most of your water on a blazing hot day (yes, I know it's closing in on 'winter', but I don't seriously believe it exists anyway).

5. Don't eat anything during the ride, even if they all decide to stop at a coffee shop somewhere.

I can guarantee that if you follow these five simple steps, after about 100km or so you'll see Elvis, the easter bunny, the tooth fairy, Mr Spanky, a pink sheep and Santa Claus.

How about this, right after you start riding road, go visit your friend who has lived and ridden in the mountians for two years. Stay out late, get up early, no breakfast, only one water bottle, then do a fifty miler. At about the mid fourty mark I just kind of collapsed on the side of the road. I don't even remember getting back to the apartment. I kind of came back sitting in the shower under blazing hot water. Went to a Pizza hut and ate an entire large pizza while hanging headfirst out of the booth and flirting with the waitresses as they passed by. At least that is what I am told.

it's actually the rides where i got a good night's sleep and have good nutrition and feel great that i fear. those usually disappoint.

Chris, Ummm dude, why cant you take drugs like the rest of us....?




Just Kidding,


Scoob

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Do you think this is caused by something other than drugs?