Why do I want to do this? Riding to Montauk in a car is a pretty far drive and still beautiful. So what is the allure of making this journey on a bicycle. I don't know. I've done several of these long distance rides but never 100 miles. I'm 60 years old now. Is 100 miles a little out of my reach?
I never did this when I was in my 20's, 30's 40's or 50's. Why now? I think precisely because I am 60 now. That is correct, spell it; S-I-X-T-Y. Somehow, the thought of what 60 should feel like and what I actually feel like at 60 don't reconcile. Don't get me wrong, I am now paying for a multitude of sins in my younger years. My knees hurt and I've recently had surgery to repair a torn meniscus. I shoveled snow several weeks back and tore a muscle in my left arm and now I'm headed into Huntington Hospital to repair a hernia that was originally repaired several years back. I have problems with my blood pressure and my sugar. This just doesn't sound like the promising physical profile for an athletic event like riding a bicycle 100 miles in a single day. Even if I do a good job of preparing, I'm looking at nearly 7 hours of bicycle riding at 15 miles per hour. I'm more of a 12 to 14 mile an hour kind of rider so I'm looking at nearly 8 hours. This is a major undertaking. Am I up to it? Am I committed to even trying?
Signing up was the easy part. I need to give myself a hard stop date to decide if I'm committed to this event or not. If I am then a training plan and execution is in order. If not, then I need to walk away gracefully and blame my surrender to being 60. I think resolution here is still very much a question. Am I serious? We shall see.
By the way Blue Point Brewing is a major sponsor of this bicycling event, ergo the logo up front
Slan....
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