Wrap up Intro
So now that I have time to write (Sitting at the Fresno Air Terminal for about an hour or so), I will finally be able to write about my death ride experience in more detail.
First off, getting up at 130am was not as hard as I had originally anticipated. Not sure if it was the adrenaline that was already running through my system or if I did in fact get enough sleep by turning the tv off/shades drawn at 530pm. Either way, prepared my normal routine for the most part by mixing in some protein powder into a jamba juice that I had specially made with all the usual fruits/peanut butter/soy milk ingredients. As for coffee, I was too ramped up to get going so I only brewed a cup from the room’s coffee maker and even then I only had about half of it. Driving from South Lake Tahoe to Turtle Rock Park was fairly interesting. Knowing that I would encounter a deer or two, I decided to drive at a moderate speed as I was in no rush since it was 3-something-AM. Interestingly enough, a moderately sized deer did in fact cross the road about 2-300 ft in front of my car. However since I had seen its eyes reflect my headlights light, I slowed down so as to not hit it. Once arriving at just before 340am I sat and waited for the current song (Teenage wasteland) to finish before exiting the car and getting everything ready. To my surprise, there were already about 10-15 people in my proximity that were also getting ready. After spending about 10 or so minutes putting my home made vest, helmet, bike, pocket goodies, etc. together, I rode out. About a mile or so into my ride I was like man oh man my bike feels amazing (thinking those 3 days off the bike was the best decision in the world). Slowly I realized, oh shit, I didn’t pump my tires up. I was probably running them around 80-90 psi at that point but I always ride at 100-105 for the front and 120+ for the back. Anyways, I rode back, quickly pumped them up and then rode out again towards monitor and ebbetts. The ride to monitor didn’t seem too bad despite it being unbelievably dark. I honestly couldn’t see more than 200 feet in front of me at times, mainly because there were no street lights, nor was there moonlight.
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