Georgetown Loop Ride

So Sunday my husband, Bill and I decide to do a long ride with some elevation. I decided I would pick the ride, because he always chooses long boring rides that seem difficult for my level. So we decide on the Georgetown loop, I figured it would be tough as this is my longest ride to date, 70 miles. It was difficult for me to say the least, I felt pretty good going up Marshall grade, but then it seemed like getting to Georgetown was everlasting, ever little incline starting taking it's toll and I kept thinking, it's just around this corner, but it wasn't. I started getting nauseous but, Bill was ahead of me so I didn't want to get to far behind him. Finally we get to Georgetown gas station and I felt wiped out!!! Which most people know that when your tired, you get emotional and you play mental games with yourself. I even thought of calling my daughter to come get me. I was only 1/2 way through the 70 miles. I drank a soda and it calmed my nausea down so I figured I'd try a few more miles and see how it went. The next several miles were fast and at a decline so I started to perk back up. Then a few more inclines and it was starting to get pretty windy so I started to struggle again, mostly in my mind. I kept wondering what I was thinking signing up to Race Across America? I'm not a cyclist, I've always been a runner, but not great at that either. Then I remember that I'm not doing this to be a professional athlete, I'm doing this because I believe strongly that Organ Donation saves lifes!!! At Salmon Falls rode I was feeling normal again. I loved all the S curves downhill, it was the most fun part of the ride. But with every decline there comes an incline, by now we only had about 15 miles to get home so I stuck with it and got up those hills. By know means was I speedy, but I rode for 51/2 hours and hit my personal best of 70 miles. Exhausted but not Defeated!!!