Day 66

Saturday, August 28th
Rest day in Saint-Louis-de-Kent
0km

...actually, we did ride 5km into town and back...but I won't count that in the official total.

I forgot to mention it yesterday, but I am sick.  Not really sick, but a bit under the weather.  It started out as allergies, which I get every year from mid-August to mid-September, but I think it is more than that.  I had a really sore throat yesterday, and a general feeling of malaise that I don't usually get with my allergies.  A few other people in the group seem to have the same thing, so perhaps there is a little head cold going around.

Some have even speculated that we might have the “martime flu”, which is a strange illness incountered each year by some TDC riders.  Apparently, lack of protein over a summer of intense exercise can eventually lead to flu-like symptoms.  I'm not sure that I actually buy into this theory, but you never know.  I have been eating a lot of meat over the summer, so I can't imagine having a protein shortage.

In anycase, it didn't seem to adversly affect my riding very much.  If anything, I felt less congested while I was riding.  Although, the heavy breathing made my sore throat even worse.  The toughest part is getting good sleep at night amidst all my congestion.

This was the last rest day of the trip, and I didn't do much of anything.  It was really hot and humid, so I spent some time swimming in and lounging around the camp pool.  I found a giant chess set too, with pieces about as tall as my arm, so I had a few matches.  (Dan 2, Lorne 0, Steve 0).

A bunch of us rode 2.5km into town for lunch.  We were in our street clothes, and it felt so strange to be using these high performance bikes to run errands.

That was pretty much it for the day.  I ate left over pasta for dinner, and went to bed around 8:30pm.
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