Closed the month with several nice 33 mph sprints on this modest 40 miler. Ended it with 787 total miles in what was supposed to be my “rest month.”
DOG FOLLOWS CYCLISTS ON AN EPIC 2,700 MILE JOURNEY - “He ran with the group for 24 days straight, covering roughly 96 miles a day and climbing 12 mountains without ever falling behind.”
A dog, nicknamed Xiaosa, encountered a group of bicyclists who fed him some food. He liked them so much that he continued to follow the group and ended up running with them for 2,700 miles across China. Rere’s more from wtop.com:
After one of the cyclists gave him food, the dog ran alongside the group for its 2,735-mile journey across the country, from Sichuan province to Tibet…Yong said there were about 300 cyclists on Highway 318. Most of them could not ride to the end and hitchhiked buses halfway. However, Xiaosa and another three cyclists made it the entire way.
This has to be one of the most epic canine adventures ever. Apparently Xiaosa ran 30-40 miles a day and was carried on one of the bikes when he got tired. However, the best news is that one of the cyclists will be adopting Xiaosa. Click here for the full story and to watch a short video.
I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: one of the things that I love about cycling is that you see things that you’d miss flitting by in an automobile. Such was the case as I went through the gate into the downtown portion of the little town of Hahnbach.
I saw the statue below, and easily…
Bad Day
Well, a pretty shitty week topped off by a delusional weekend. Sometime Wednesday or Thursday I began developing cellulitis in an area not so friendly to a cyclist. Let’s just say I’ve had saddle sores more forgiving. I did get 64 miles on Saturday but today was a whole lot different.
The infection grew in area and my body responded with a nice fever, just over 100 degrees. It waxed and waned all morning but in early afternoon it set in and I really started feeling overheated. So I took some Advil and vodka and then crawled under the covers to sweat it out.
Finally feeling better. Now let’s hope this week turns out better than last.
