65 miles down…….
by Drew Starks
This past week has been crazy nuts involving more riding than ever before and less sleep then I would have liked. Got back from Whistler on Tuesday night, jumped back into work, duties and things that had been put off while I was gone. Then Saturday I rode a 65 mile charity ride called Tour de Cure in the Hillsboro/Forrest Grove area. Got up that morning at 4:40 am, hopped the MAX at 5:30, arrived at the Hillsboro Stadium at 6:40, ate, and then got on the bike at 7:30. Could not have picked a better day for it as it was about 70 degrees at the peak of the day. Was totally feeling the effects of Whistler still as my legs were on fire and wrists killing me from spraining them. Let’s just say that ibuprofen was my friend that day. All in all the course was pretty fast and we finished in 5 hours which was a better time than last year. I got about a 30 minute massage afterwards and then headed back on the MAX to home. It took an hour and it was full of grumpy people. Once home I crashed. Slept for 4 hours, got up, went to the movies and then came home sleeping through the night. I was exhausted. Sunday we went to church, then came home and slept almost the whole afternoon. I think we needed it.
Looking forward to a break in schedule. This weekend we are heading to the beach house for 3 days. Might just sleep the whole time.
