What a night I had!

It drives me absolutely bonkers when this happens. I seemed to be half-awake much of the night. As if that weren’t enough, I had a prolonged, nightmarish dream about being at the start of Tour de Cure; and not being ready!  All the other riders were ready to take off; and I realized that I hadn’t signed in; that my Camel-Bak wasn’t ready; and my bicycle was nowhere in sight. Aren’t dreams weird?

Apparently I turned off the alarm clock and fell right back asleep, because I had set it for about 5:15; and it was already 6:30 when I woke up again. That seems to happen rather often of late

Remembering last night’s forecast, I checked both Intellicast and NOAA. It looked like things weren’t expected to turn stormy until about 11:00 am; so I decided to ride.

It was sunny, but I could see thunderheads all over the horizon. Between that and the fact that I kept feeling very tired, I decided to make it a short ride. Only 29 miles! I was back home just before 10:00 am; so now I don’t need to worry if it begins storming.

I guess my fatigue stemmed from lack of sleep. It made me think of RAAM; this cross-continental race has been called “a contest of sleep deprivation”. (See The Complete Book of Long-Distance Cycling, pg. 156). RAAM means riding some 3000 miles in less than nine days! YIKES!! I think I’ll skip that. How many RAAM participants set out after barely two hours’ sleep; and think, “What a night!”?