To keep things interesting, my friend Rob and I decided to take a drive to Napa for a ride instead of the same old north bay trails.  The original plan was to do an approximately 40 mile, relatively flat out-and-back ride along Silverado trail.

I had to cut it short just shy of 30 miles. Some important, repeated lessons learned today that I really should have learned already from a couple of years of cycling

1) Eat breakfast before going out on a ride
2) Eat on the ride.
3) Adjust seat height in accordance with new cleat position.

I had shifted my cleats closer to the center of my shoes which reduced the reach of my pedal strokes. I did not lower my seat. Within 11 - 12 miles my crotch area was hurting so much from the extra pressure I could barely bend over to shift or reach the brakes.

I was creeping along at maybe less than 10mph for the last 10 miles due to the above, as well as the lack of food.

In my defense I also did a 7 mile run and a high intensity spin workout the day before; in my non-defense, I am simply not ready.

The training continues.