have you ever rode your steed and walked six hours in the heat til you twitched just to get your daily exercise? I did and hope to never do it again.
My bum's not getting any better. A pinch here, a pull there, a throb of pain for my sit bone. When will it end?
As kids, riding your bike meant freedom of exploration with rules. For adulthood, it's recapturing or recreating a un-/happy child, inducing pain upon ones self to continually surpass physical limitations, freedom, fun and exploration with rules.
I'm not a competitive person. Challenge me on my Felt and you will win every time. However, when alone and the challenge is me and a southwestern PA hill, then it's another story. I'll ride as much as possible, rest then continue or worse case scenario, walk.
My plan was to ride the Eliza Trail then through Oakland and my final destinantion, Squirrel Hill. I speond ten percent of this journey on my steed, and the rest on foot. Finally, arrived at the garage and peeled off my socks and shirt. Thank goodness for rubbing alcohol. I just love this stuff. Come to find I'm covered in Pitts special little particles during a road repavement on the border of Shadyside/Squirrel Hill. Shopping at Biketek, which is heavy on the A/C, felt good to my bones. A trip to the Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Parlor/Bagel Factory Deli, 5885 Forbes Ave., for a meatless BLT and sparkling mineral water, fabulous!
I will have to visit the newly remodeled Carnegie Library some other time, CVS' has lured me for a sports drink. However, the best sport drink is Accelorade! It does not contain corn syrup and you immediately feel refreshed and rejuvenated. Same as drinking an ice cold sparkling mineral water that's the all natural sports drink.
There are only three places I know you can get them - East End Food Co-op, The Bagel Factory, and a Shadyside gourmet food market near South Aiken.
After all this , the enjoyment of scraping off some of Pitt's particles is refreshing.
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