{"id":3974,"date":"2023-06-08T07:02:44","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T13:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8stars.org\/a\/?p=3974"},"modified":"2023-06-08T07:02:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T13:02:44","slug":"ride-report-halfway-or","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8stars.org\/a\/2023\/06\/08\/ride-report-halfway-or\/","title":{"rendered":"Ride report: Halfway, OR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/embeds?type=trip&#038;id=123884226&#038;title=Halfway,%20OR&#038;sampleGraph=true\" style=\"width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 700px; border: none\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The big push into Baker City took a lot out of me.<\/p>\n<p>I was staying at the Churchill School bike hostel, and rolled out late because I did laundry there. I stopped in town for breakfast and discovered how weird my appetite has gotten. I was beyond hungry. I was at a nice restaurant having food I liked. And I <strong>still<\/strong> had to force myself to finish it. I don&#8217;t understand.<\/p>\n<p>I planned on making the day&#8217;s ride shorter, but between the late departure and my low speed, it wound up being really short. It&#8217;s known that your peak heart rate and power go down when you&#8217;re exhausted. Two days ago, I couldn&#8217;t get my HR over 120 bpm. In the ride into Halfway, I could barely get it over 100.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the day&#8217;s riding was through Hell&#8217;s Canyon, and the name is apt. It was hot and humid, and no trees, no shade. Nowhere to stop and take a break until the town of Richland, about 40 miles in, and the only shade there was the awning in front of the grocery store.<\/p>\n<p>When I got to Halfway, I had an early dinner and went to bed. I slept long and hard, and I&#8217;m hoping I&#8217;ve pushed a reset button.<\/p>\n<p>I will admit that I am feeling discouraged about this undertaking. Part of the reason I wanted to do this was to find out how I would be changed by the experience at the end. But I also have to admit that I romanticized the suffering. I am at the point where the suffering has lost whatever romance it may have had, and I am asking myself whether what I will get out of this will be worth what I put in. I didn&#8217;t enjoy being on the bike yesterday&#8211;it was just a slog.<\/p>\n<p>My goal for today is to see if I can at least enjoy being on the bike, and forget my mileage targets.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/8stars.org\/a\/content\/img_5218-scaled.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3977\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The big push into Baker City took a lot out of me. I was staying at the Churchill School bike hostel, and rolled out late because I did laundry there. I stopped in town for breakfast and discovered how weird my appetite has gotten. I was beyond hungry. 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