labor day bike ride

after skipping so many bike rides before, i decided to join this time around. i needed to get some r.o.i. for the bike since this is still going to be the third time i rode the damn thing. i woke up around 5am (after sleeping at around 1am and not having dinner last night - this is going to be a follow-up post) to prep myself because jowell said call time was around 615am at jollibee gma. then somewhere on the way, jowell texted to ask if we can meet at 640am instead (cause he just woke up) and then again at 7am. i was there by 630am and waited patiently until jowell arrived around 710am. the agony of waiting - something i was never really good at. but this time the waiting was a relief to get some more rest.

jowell & i biked for 30mins to get to the meeting place. we only had 1-stop for some fluids but otherwise, i think we were fast getting to the first stop because we had to wait for another 30 until ice arrived with joseph & his posse. we biked for a few more minutes and i was doing quite ok until i lost my gatorade during one of the quick downhill rides so we stopped and brought some water. i was parched beyond belief so i reluctantly downed a pepsi.

i realized later that we were going to bike all the way to sta rosa laguna. while it kind of freaked me out, the ride going was uneventful -- they were mostly downhill so it was actually quite enjoyable freewheeling & not breaking. i realized that at the speed i was going, i would have probably had a nasty accident if my bike skidded or hit a rock. oh well, i'm feeling adventurous these days so might as well live a little.

the views were quite breathtaking. we were riding on elevated plains so we were overlooking a lot of scenery. we managed to take some nice pictures.

we had lunch at jollibee in sta rosa and i realized my last meal was at around 3pm the previous day. so far, i've been running on extra joss, gatorade, a bottle of pepsi and lots of water. i don't think there were even any carbo left in my body to burn since i've been off rice for almost a month already. discipline ... discipline ... discipline.

hell started in the afternoon on our way back. they were mostly uphill so i really had a hard time biking on the way back. i think there were too many stops because of me but i didn't really care. i was ready to leave my bike there if only i could call a cab or have somebody pick me up. i walked through most of the uphill trail and jowell & ice walked some too. on the way back, my thigh muscles locked up and the cramps was unbearably excruciating that i couldn't move my muscles for a few minutes, let alone walk. This happened 3x on the way back and i was near tears during each of the cramp attacks.

we managed to finish biking at around 330pm at jollibee gma (thank God jowell & i didn't have to bike back anymore from our original meeting place). i got home past 4pm, took a shower and made sure to soap myself twice, got in bed but couldn't really sleep. my body hurt every which way and i was so tired i couldn't even muster the strength to eat. i just had soup (soupy snacks) and some microwaved vienna sausage just to have something in my stomach before i go to sleep.

sleep came around 9pm at which time i was quite beat. the bike ride was an experience - it was difficult, dirty, tiring and i was sweaty the whole time. i don't know why i had to go through that torture but i think that more than made up for my missing the gym the last few days i was in galera.