No Zs no brain.

Nearly everybody knows the sluggish, dragged-down feeling that results from a night of poor-quality sleep. The pharmacy still hasn\’t gotten my med, and without it I\’m half-awake all night. After three such nights, my brain function is barely half-steam ahead.

This morning I decided to take a shorter Sunday ride than usual. As I turned on my Garmin, I suddenly thought: Hey, did I charge up this thing? No, I didn\’t. I completely forgot about it. Brain fog!

Brain fog also kept me from remembering to adjust my heart-rate settings in the Garmin yesterday. I knew something was amiss; the crazy thing kept telling me I was in Zone 5, and I knew I wasn\’t!

Anyway, I was almost to my turn-around point when the Garmin beeped and showed Low Battery on the screen. I finished the distance to turn-around, and switched the Garmin off. When I got back home, I multiplied the data by two.

Today, for a change, I rode the full distance back home without any extra stops! No Zs no brain didn\’t keep me from realizing that it would be wise to take it easy today. I rode the small ring most of the time, and didn\’t try to push the pace. I did, however, pedal quite rapidly. My legs don\’t want to slow down, no matter what!