Going back to finish a really cool story

Back on August 8th I wrote about running 6 miles then jumping on the bike for 13 miles.  Several cool things happened that day (August was a good month for running, September just sucked) and I wrote:

"Maybe in a few days I'll write about the thing I did Saturday that was the coolest thing I've ever done on a bike. I'm pretty sure it's something even Lance Armstrong hasn't done."

Well, by my count a few days has passed.

 

I learned on this day that grapefruit juice is very bad for you between runs and rides.  I took about a 30:00 break when I got home from Memorial park, ate some bread, had some juice (grapefruit juice), got dressed out in my cycling kit, and took off.  It was a good ride, really wrung me out after the 6 miles in the park.  About 1/2 way through I started feeling a little queasy.  I finished off my water around the 3/4 mark and stopped at the pool that's on TC Jester just south of 43rd street to fill up the bottles.

This is when I did the coolest thing I've ever done on a bike.  It's gross.  If you don't like gross, don't keep reading.

 

I jump back on the bike for the last 3 or 4 miles to the house and start feeling really sick.  I take in a mouthful of water, swish it around, then spit it out.  I get on the trail and get up to about 14 mph, then started feeling really, really sick.  So, I turned my head to the right (because that was the side the grass was on) and proceded to toss my cookies.  Yup, I yacked on the bike.  Didn't hardly get anything on me, either.  The really cool thing is that I didn't break cadence AND I picked up speed to about 18 mph.  I'm almost certain Lance Armstrong has never yacked while on his bike.

I'm also almost certain that I won't be drinking grapefruit before running OR cycling any time in the future.