How about a lab report, here?

Today\’s experiment with using Clif Bars for my long-ride fuel went pretty well. I seemed to have a little less trouble with feeling tired on the way home.

The wind, however, was pesky for the return ride. I did a lot of pedaling on the small ring, using a rapid cadence. Even so, my overall average speed was well over 13 mph. Fast enough for Tour de Cure😊

My hopes that I wouldn\’t get rained on were not fulfilled. When I still had about 10.5 miles to go to reach home, I saw a big cloud in a southerly direction; and clearly somebody was getting some pretty heavy rain. I hoped to beat the rain home; but with about six miles left to go, I ran into the first shower.

Fortunately it wasn\’t as heavy as I thought it might be; and luckily there wasn\’t lightning. What got really annoying was that the sun came out while it was still raining. I took my sunglasses off when it was raining because it\’s hard to see through wet lenses. When the sun came out, my eyes weren\’t any too comfortable.

My ride was 51.00 miles, round trip; and roll time was 3:44:21. I actually was tempted to skip riding today, because I was so sleepy that I could hardly get myself to get out of bed. Typically I plan, perhaps over-optimistically, to start my Sunday long ride at 6 am. Today I didn\’t get going  until about 7:25!

When I got home, I had my usual recovery drink. (See video at ~1:13 minutes). Then what did I do? I ate a couple of toaster pastries and a fun-sized candy bar. That doesn\’t look any too good on my lab report!