Bicycle Ride – May 26th
Well, on Saturday, May 26th, I went for a long bicycle ride with a friend and for the first time, my cousin.
The ride started fairly well, I met up with my friend who was coming from Bowmanville and we proceeded to cycle towards Ajax. There we would meet up with my cousin who is cycling from Scarborough.
I was doing fairly well, at least in my opinion, until close to the Whitby Marina where I started to really feel the lack of cycling over the Winter months. Stopped in at a local Metro where I grabbed two Gatorades. I also got a box a girl guide cookies and I know, not the best thing to buy but the little girl was so cute and these were the original chocolate and vanilla cookies, something that I have not seen sold in many years so I couldn’t resist.
Cycling from my place to East Oshawa then to Ajax at Hardwood Rd. along the waterfront trail was 25km and boy was I exhausted.
After a nice 10 minute break waiting for my cousin to arrive, we then proceed East to Bowmanville. The plan was to end at my friend place and take in a swim and maybe a burger or two off the BBQ.
Well…By the time we hit the Whitby/Oshawa boarder, I was so exhausted I honestly thought I was going to collapse. My back and shoulder blade was sooooooo sore plus my hands were getting extremely numb, needless to say I had to stop many times and lay down on the ground so the pain in my back would decrease enough for me to continue. This also allowed my hands to get blood circulation back.
Many times I wanted to quit but my cousin would not allow me to. We ended up stopping at the store inside the Darlington Park Camp Grounds so I could get some much needed food in to me. This nice break also allowed my back and shoulders to get a bit of a relief before continuing onward.
We finally made it to the Bowmanville boarder and once again I was about ready to collapse but once again my cousin would not allow me to give up. Finally we made it to my friend place but it was now after 11pm. The total distance was just over 60km and in case you do not believe me, check out my enodmondo tracking map at: http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/58699898
Below are some pictures taken during the ride by both myself and my cousin when his phone battery became extremely low.