{"id":521,"date":"2008-12-07T16:23:11","date_gmt":"2008-12-07T22:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=521"},"modified":"2008-12-07T18:16:41","modified_gmt":"2008-12-08T00:16:41","slug":"80-miles-tractors-and-a-near-epic-chili-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=521","title":{"rendered":"80 miles, tractors, and a near-epic chili failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even though I stayed up late last night for a Christmas party, I managed to drag my butt out of bed early enough to start a crock pot of sweet potato chili before my planned 10:00 departure for my long solo base ride. Everything looked good- I even remembered to turn the Crock Pot on! There&#8217;s nothing better after a long, chilly ride than a giant bowl of chili, right?<\/p>\n<p>So I head out on my ride (I altered the last bit to go through Arlington in order to make it longer, so it was close to 80 rather than 74):<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/js.mapmyfitness.com\/embed\/blogview.html?r=e4dbbe2f13dde5dd55de33e7bbffb2f8&#038;u=e&#038;t=ride\" height=\"500px\" width=\"350px\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapmyride.com\/ride\/united-states\/tn\/cordova\/372546773589\">Sunday Long RIde<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapmyride.com\/find-ride\/united-states\/tn\/cordova\">Find more Bike Rides in Cordova, Tennessee<\/a><\/iframe><!-- MMF PARTNER TOOL --><\/p>\n<p>After 3 hours of riding, I made a stop at the infamous &#8220;Cat Pee Store&#8221; on the north side of Oakland. It was closed, but it&#8217;s got couches on the porch, so it&#8217;s still a nice place to take a break and have a snack. While I was there, I got a text message from Ryan:<br \/>\n&#8220;Do you mean for crock pot to be cooking? It is unplugged!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Oops. So at the time of this posting, I&#8217;m having leftovers instead of chili. It will be ready by dinner time, but it would have been much worse if my goof-up hadn&#8217;t been caught!<\/p>\n<p>So I head back out towards home. Along the way, I was on Hwy 196 outside of Galloway (it&#8217;s not on the above route since I changed plans mid-ride). I ride up behind a large tractor with two men on it- a driver and his passenger. They&#8217;re going about 15mph, and I was cruising at 17-18mph. So, I go to pass them&#8230; the passenger starts lauging and pointing at me- and the driver guns the motor to match my speed. The passenger is still laughing, and in the distance, there is a car coming in the lane that I&#8217;m trying to use to pass. WTF?! Effing rednecks. So, rather than slow down and get back behind them, I (for lack of a better term) attack the bejezus out of the tractor and ride my butt off until I was sure that they weren&#8217;t going to catch back up with me. They were close for a minute. It kinda sucked. I got away, though, so it&#8217;s all good. I imagine they&#8217;re back at home sippin&#8217; Natty Lite and tellin&#8217; me-maw &amp; the kids about some crazy idjut on a bike that they were messin&#8217; with the same way I&#8217;m telling the story about some backwoods rednecks not wanting to share their tractor-transporting road.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, the rest of the ride was uneventful (though I did get chased by several dogs earlier in the ride). I felt like I still had a little &#8220;go&#8221; in my legs near the end, which is a nice feeling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even though I stayed up late last night for a Christmas party, I managed to drag my butt out of bed early enough to start a crock pot of sweet potato chili before my planned 10:00 departure for my long solo base ride. 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