long ride.

we took off from Sweat Therapy Fitness founders home in Miccosukee. Heading north towards Boston GA via TS Green. Well it is nothing but hills and more hills. with a side of hills. almost feels like intervals on the bike. Well we head all the way to Boston and plan on refueling in Boston. Well these sweet southern towns shut down on sunday mornings. so we hit the dollar general for some gatoraid. beautiful nice cool crisp morning. Great ride. 66 miles total.

Now as always for the drama.....
on the way home almost 1.5 miles from the truck up a long long hill. J and I are trying to catch E up ahead who is already finished he was so far ahead....but we were going up the hill that never seemed to end. Side by side. My front tire is about beside Jason back tire. I hear him yell Oh shit. about that time I look down to see a massive cottonmouth snake in between us JUMPING a foot off the ground striking at my left calf!! Holy Shit is right. OMG I tried to sprint up the hill and it just didnt seem to go fast enough. J turned around to get a picture and about that time 2 large dogs came charging at me. So I turned around and went back towards J and down the hill. By this time my legs dont want to cooperate and my HR spiked. Quads were quivering and i felt like i couldnt breathe. No snake around so stopped in the middle of the road. Calmed down and came up with a plan to get up the tall hill and not get killed by dogs. Finally made it up the hill. J had his water bottles ready to spray the dogs and nail them if necessary. I just was planning on going as fast as I could even if it killed me. Holy cow talk about an adrenaline rush. Ordering a go pro camera so I can share this crap. It was crazy....

66 miles
2 states
3228 feet elevation gain total
16.9 mph avg
36.3 max speed
avg HR 81% 149
Max HR 100% 183
avg cadence 81
max 199