For the moment this is more of a place holder.
Sunday Jan 19, Day 11 for me in Cancun, I took the collectivo down to Playa for the day. It is twice as far as Puerto. This time I took the extra effort to take a bus up to the collectivo leaving point and arrived a lot cooler!. I had a real seat on the van down but I should have sat on the other, non-sun side. I did not ride by bike in the morning. I think I could have done it. My body is not that destroyed. But, my stomach was just on the mend from the strange food and timing of food yesterday. On the 100+K ride I had to drink a LOT of water constantly to regulate that body system and my stomach was not happy with water only. I did buy at the shop two “goo” packets that we use for energy on long rides but I really needed at least 4 and more banana, bread, peanut butter etc. Of course I will never know what would have happened if I rode Sunday. For me I think it is much more a mental than physical thing. If I have t in my mind that I am riding and the alarm goes off at 5, I pretty much just motor through the preparation and arrive at the departure. The other slower riders who were on the 100+ said they would show up Monday for the Elite ride and they did not. I think I ride more within myself. I scare people as I breath so loudly when stressed but I have the, maybe false, impression that I don’t usually let myself go into what we call the red zone. Of course that means I get less conditioning also!
But this is supposed to be about Playa!