Sunny 100k on a perfect day

Eat to ride, or ride to eat.  Yeah, you gotta keep stoking the fires to keep riding but how you do it is up to you.  You can drink powdered energy food hour after hour, or you can indulge in some things that would normally be off the menu, or very occasional treats.  Today was both: eat to ride, and enjoy every bite.

I started the day off at Tulley's on Mercer Island with Narayan.  I had a fritter, and he had a maple bar:

Sorry, I ate the fritter before I took a picture of it.  But hey, who doesn't like maple bars?

We rode in the cool of the day up to the hills of Kirkland, and then on the bike trails to Woodinville and Redmond, crossing to East Lake Sammamish boulevard through Marymoor park where the temperature had hit a very comfortable 70 degrees just after noon:

Then it was short work on some light duty rollers to Issaquah, where we stopped for frosty drinks at Starbucks.  I had a Mocha Chip Frappacino:

Finally, up Newport way and down the other side, around the bottom of Mercer Island, to finish up at the Roanoke Tavern for some well earned IPA and nachos in just a touch over 5 and a half hours.

Glorious weather, sun, a touch of wind here and there, and lots and lots of people out on bikes, scooters, parents pushing kids in strollers, people walking, jogging.  It was the kind of day that makes you really glad you live in Seattle.

This was my P-10 ride - 10th consecutive month of a 100k ride.  Two more and I earn the coveted P-12 award.

Next up, if the weather and schedule holds: 200k Southworth-Tahuya Hills for some hill training next week.