Ride and Splash Workout for Sunday

I am writing this right before I jump in for my long swim of the day.

Today my early workout was a 60 plus mile trip to Hammonton New Jersey and back. The route runs through Bass River State Forest, Walden State Forest, and towns like Sweetwater. Towns in this part of New Jersey are usually made up of about 100 residents and as slow as I ride, if I blink twice, I'd miss the town.

I mapped it out as best as I could, I made some weird turns, which I didn't map. All in all, I gauged that I did a total of 65 miles.

My swim will be out of the in laws backyard. I might cut that short though, the water feels a bit cold!

Miles to go before I sleep.

I normally am not a cell phone camera guy, I took this picture in the MIDDLE OF NOWHERE in South New Jersey as I'm riding 30 miles on one of my training rides.

You never know how tough this sort of training is until you really really get into it. I know that I can ride 30 miles, I can swim a mile (badly), and run 6 miles slowly, but I am definitely not sure I can do this all in one sitting.

This ride was especially tough. It was over 93 degrees, muggy, and the ride was absolutely filled with bugs. I kind of think I'm a camel (not built like one) where I can go without water for a bit of time. I had to the find at least four places that had at minimum a water hose. Now most of my ride looked the road above, so finding the water stops were few and very far in between.

Note to self: Bring a camelback with at least a gallon of water.

Next ride is a 50 mile treck between Washington Township and Mays Landing New Jersey.