Thursday morning the alarm went off around 6am. Actually my Jawbone Up vibrated a little before that to wake me at the optimal wake time giving me adequate time to pry my eyes open for the day. I fired up the Vitamix for my morning smoothie and commenced packing up for the trip. We were hoping to get going by 8am for the 6 hour journey to Lake Placid. As usual though, this wound up being around 9-9:30am. Still not a bad time to avoid the rush hour traffic in the Lehigh Valley area.
We made a quick stop for some dry ice so that I could keep my frozen fruit cold, and then we were on our way. There was a lot of chit-chat on social media on the way up, which seemed to make the ride go fast. My Mom was also texting me about trying to find a place to stay. My in-laws mentioned that they saw some last minute deals on AdkByOwner.com and I found a couple places in Lake Placid for a fair price. My parents contacted the place and after some back and forth, they ended up taking the place. So now it looks like we have a full crew up for the race. Even my dog, Yuki, will be coming up too!
The New Paltz exit on I-87 was here in no time and we got off to hit our favorite little stop, Karma Road. They have lots of good organic and plant-based friendly food that is very delicious. Today we had a Red Lentil vegetable soup that was really awesome to start out with and then Sweet Potato Curry, Red Beets & Carrots, Roasted Cauliflower. I topped that off with a Peanut Butter crunch bar. After all that we were ready to hit the road again.
The ride up went pretty smoothly. I thought I would see more bikes on cars than we did. There were a few, but sparse. We stopped in at The Mountaineer in Keene for a little shopping for our upcoming trip to the Alps. Didn’t find anything though. We pulled into the house around 4:30pm.
We quickly unpacked and donned our running gear for a half hour run down River Road. It was a beautiful day. The clouds had now cleared the sky and it was a total “bluebird” day. It was just so awesome running down looking at the mountains. Temperatures were perfect too. Probably high 60’s or low 70’s. Just perfect. There were a ton of bikers on River Road, but not too many people running. The run had totally erased any ill effects of sitting in the car all day. My legs were feeling REALLY great and I definitely had to hold back from going too fast. It felt like I was running on air.
We showered up after the run and headed over to Liquids and Solids for some dinner. We swung by the place my parents were staying to check it out. Really great location for the race and it was right around the corner from where we were eating. Liquids and Solids was pretty busy for a small place. They have killer beer selection and also had some plant-based friendly options. The meals were a little small on the portion size, but I was fairly full afterwards. What the meals lacked in size, they sure made up for in flavor. I had a Cavetelli pasta with a white bean & summer squash sausage(no meat) which was so tasty. Denise had the Salmon Ceviche with gnocchi which she also enjoyed. Definitely worth heading back there again.
We headed back home after dinner and off to sleep. Plan for Friday is to get a little swim and bike in to loosen things up a bit.
