Day Three, IP

IP= In Progress

Up this morning a little past 630AM, to a breakfast of Cyto-Gainer (which is like a really healthy, really thick, super-calorie/carb loaded milkshake), grits, and oatmeal, for a total of about 1150 calories, which is the going rate on this trip.

We were hungry again at 10AM.

We've had another 100 calories from our sports drinks, then another 220 or so from an energy bar, and now we've stopped for lunch in Ashland, VA. So far, I've eaten two ham sandwiches (340 calories each), another sports drink (100 cal), a serving of wheat thins (150 cal).

That's 2400 calories as of lunch.

I'm about to toss another Cyto-Gainer (900 cal) down the hatch, for a grand SUB-total of 3300 calories, and we've got another few hours to ride; we've ridden about 40 thus far.

After a big dinner, we'll tally up the rest of the calories and give y'all the scoop. We're not even taking into account the leftover energy from our pasta dinner last night.

We're still worried about losing too much muscle, so we'll be monitoring this closely.

The ride so far has been really pretty, rather shaded, and it's a nice quiet Sunday morning on the road, with few cars to disturb us. Lots of rolling hills, with a few monster climbs thrown in for good measure (that's where we're burning our energy), and we've been passing some really pretty farms with racehorses out to pasture-nice and peaceful for the morning ride, but the temperature was really cool this morning, and we're now approaching the hottest part of the day. We'll let that pass, then get on the road a bit after three. It'll be hot, but cooling down. Better grab a nap and that shake and some water so I'll feel good on the climbs later.

At large,
Michael