Bike 3

     Day 3 on the bike. In anticipation of unimaginable encounter of immense proportions with my bicycle saddle, we decided to not ship a bag so we can literally stop anywhere. Our heavy bikes have now reached weights of epic proportions. To add insult to injury, last nights wash did not dry completely and I was left to ride without my tights or undershirt. Ten hours of downtime has not led to much recovery and I procrastinated to leave until the cleaning woman  dutifully kicked us out of the albergue.

     The intense flame of searing pain did not come immediately as I anticipated. I was only pedaling when I needed to, standing as much as possible, praying that every horizon line would lead to a downhill. After an hour of riding, things were better. I was enjoying the wind in what little hair I have left. Snot was dropping out of my nose instead of tears coming from my eyes. Then I experienced an epiphany!

     I didn't witness a burning bush nor did God appear on the holiest of pilgrimage. I realized that wearing tights underneath your chamois bike shorts begged for lightning to strike me twice with unhealable saddle sores. We past town after town after town before we decided to call it a day due to our late start. All told, 30+ kilometers without much suffering, a far cry from yesterday. What a moron. Those tights are staying off all bike rides.

     Enough about my horrid experience, what about Laura? Well she loves riding her bike. Her toes have not fallen off yet. She is still fighting a cold. On the first day of riding she took a crash course in dismounting a bike with loaded panniers. Nothing broken, I am happy to report. Pictures were taken of the incident but the account could not be verified as the victim quickly took hold of my phone and deleted all evidences.

     No pictures the last couple of days because my phone is always buried deep in the panniers and either was in too much pain or too exhilarated to stop and take some. Tomorrow will be the last day of cycling as we reach Leon. 

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