Oops.

So, on Sunday I did this event called "Elephant Rock Ride". My friend Danielle and I did the 100-mile ride. It was tough - lots of hills and wind - and of course we were riding against the wind on the entire first half, which climbed at least 1,000 ft. The second half was nice! Riding at above 40 mph sure felt better than climbing at 8 mph. Normally anything above 30-35 mph scares me, but the road was smooth and straight, not much traffic was around, and the thought of boosting my overall ride average made me happy. The worst part of the entire ride, however, was when we turned to go south on the feeder of I-25 (Mom and Christi, feeders here aren't like they are back in Texas, so there was no traffic). We were riding against wind that had to have been blowing steadily at 30 mph. When dealing with these conditions at mile 90, you sort of want to curse everything you see. Luckily that didn't last too long and we headed back north shortly and finished the ride with a total riding time of around 7 hours. We went in and grabbed some of the free food. Pasta salad has never tasted so good!! My chocolate chip cookie even got a little soggy on one edge from the Italian dressing, but I really didn't care. I ate it anyway.

So, I really wasn't too sore the next day. I was really, really tired, though, and had a heck of a sunburn on my back and feet. That's right, I said feet. See, I wore my triathlon shoes, which are designed to be worn without socks. I didn't wear socks. And I didn't even think to put sunscreen on the little square of skin that was exposed on each foot. See picture below. Oops. I'm going to have some pretty tan lines this summer.