"It's Simple", So They Tell Me

It's very simple, they say.  All you have to do is:

1. Drink before you're thirsty,
2. Eat before you're hungry,
3. Be confident and well conditioned, and
4. have decent, fitting equipment.

Yeah, yeah, yadda, yadda, be strong, conditioned, blah, blah.

What They Don't Tell You!

What they don't tell you, or maybe they don't know, is there are some "mud puddles" that can take you down on any ride.

I found that just about everything they told me is, literally, "true" but there is a lot of "context" and "side information/experience" that they either don't or can't articulate!
It is "Oh, so simple", just like the customer of a semiconductor processor thinks the "chip" is "oh so simple: just look at how simple it is in its ceramic package with the cute little legs!"

I need a Book!

I suspect I've done just about everything a person can do wrong, so to !!FAIL!! at completing the 200 mile in-one-day version of the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Event: STP.
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But I Figured It Out.. in Hawaii!

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