168k grueling day

Hello,

As I write this I am so exhausted I can barely function in a proper manner. I rode for 168km today and at least half of that was up hill. I started too late because I was so tired from yesterday's effort. Just 200 meters in I had to climb this huge hill and that really sucked. I grinded the whole day till 100km. The going was slow and there was so much climbing. I climbed forever it seemed, up down up down up up up up. My Dad joined me for the last 80k and that helped. I finally made it to Marathon completely exhausted. I have been out of cell service for quite sometime now but tapped into a motel's internet. That's the only reason yesterday's post was  uploaded. I ate and met a man from Atlanta who was pretty cool. He was going on a fishing trip near where I was a few days before and was a cyclist himself. I ride an American century everyday. People train for months just to do one. I have done about 20 in a row. I don't even know anymore. I hate this feeling when I  get off the bike. Imagine  you're covered in hot and sticky sunscreen/bug guts/sweat for the last 6 hours in the powerful sun and then  you get off the bike totally drained and feel like passing out. I ate dinner and felt like puking the whole time, I just stared at the dirt and hoped this  sensation would pass...... It didn't. I went into the shower and tried to wash away all the after burn of the ride and feel like a normal person again. That didn't work either. Now I'm lying in the tent feeling totally done typing out  this blog.. I can barely think let alone formulate  intelligent  sentences. Anyways enough of  my complaining. This ride has great days and not so great days. Just like life except multiplied by a large number. Tomorrow will be the same and  I will battle and dig deep into my muscles and soul. Each day I am tested so much. I have done very well up until this point and only have 8 days left....that's like Sask and MB though. There are no rest days left to take (out of luck there Kathy haha) I just have to hope I stay injury free and take each day with a positive attitude. Yeh Adam. haha I was going to attempt to make  contact with the outside world  and call friends in McGill and  Victoria. As it turns out I am way too tired to do anything else except drink Boost and  lie in the tent. I have developed a very high level of mental toughness and  am already preparing for tomorrows challenges. I made it through today alive which  is a big deal and  my body is now scrambling to replenish its glycogen stores. I have lived on the road for 21 days and am used to this but boy oh boy is it ever hard sometimes. I brought my acoustic guitar along for this trip and university but have always been too tired to play it. None of you probably know this but I actually really like to play guitar and write music. I than perform for a very select audience...(females and old people) I actually played in front of 200 people this year for the first time performing in public (go big or go home). That was absolutely hilarious and a lot of fun. My stage name is Mystic Man and he also appears at a good party every once and a while. Mystic will make an appearance at Queens at some point but in a very mystical way haha maybe  with a cape and a cool hat? (probably opt out of the hat) OKayyyyy so now I think I should really go to bed now. Goodnight, I found out today that I have 6000 views. I thought I had something like  200. Thanks so much for listening  and  supporting me on all different levels.  

Kathy thanks for that email,  I read it at the gas station in Marathon when I was destroyed and it made me feel like I can finnish the day with out major suffering. To Peter (the guy who emailed me 3 provinces ago) I have been too busy and tired to formulate a proper response but thanks! I look forward to meeting your daughter and looking at your blog once I reach Queens.

ps I already feel much better just in  the last 45 min and am ready to destroy moderately large hills again tomorrow. If not I will be the one destroyed but something tells me that won't happen. 

Goodnight 

White Lake Provincial Park