46 Miles on the Masi in the sun

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Last Tuesday, I checked the weather and it said sunny and 70+ degrees for both Saturday and Sunday. I immediately posted this on Facebook (cause what else do you do when you think of awesome things?!)

"I just looked at the weather for this coming weekend and I can already make a couple predictions of what will happen: a glorious, sunny LONG bike ride, an open water swim (or two), RUNNING in tank tops, numerous applications of sunscreen (I'm white!) and plenty of stretching/foam rolling. Who's with me?!"

So I've been excited since then to get some quality training in, in the SUN! Fact: today is the first day since last September that Western Washington has reached over 70 degrees. It's been too long sun, too long.


I hopped out of bed at 7am - sun already shining - and got on my bike for a longer bike ride. I always get a little nervous for long bike rides by myself due to boredom, but today the sun was my friend and it carried me through 46 miles of gloriousness. 

Birch Bay State Park looking North to our Canadian neighbors

West

I rode from Bellingham to Birch Bay State Park and back which is pretty flat with a couple hills. I averaged 15.5 mph and it took me 3 hours. 

Hey look, it's me!

Ze Masi. Couldn't find my 2nd bike water bottle so I used an Aquafina as a back up bottle. Don't do it - they're noisy.

In previous solo long rides, I have experienced horrible moods and I blame it on improper nutrition and craptastic weather. Today I made sure to drink plenty of Nuun and eat. I ate 200 calories on the bike, and in hindsight, probably should have eaten more, but those 6 Clif Shot Bloks did the trick and I felt fantastic.

I'll be continuing my sunny training tomorrow morning with a 7-8 run and hopefully an OWS. Till then...