Notes
It's been a while since I had a total bathroom fail, so... full warning.
Not much went according to plan actually on this run. The plan was at least an hour run out from Sycamore North to Sycamore South to get 2 hours +. Just looking at my GPS shows this was far from an out-and-back. One mile in and I needed to turn around due to some floodwaters. There were a few other turnarounds but only this one added on a good amount.
Approaching the end of Syc North, I remembered the pedestrian bridge was out. I spent a few minutes mentally thinking of a new route before realizing I could easily take a different bridge. It didn't matter though as the bike path over to Syc South was closed for construction.
It was about this time that I realized that I could use a bathroom stop and I made the fatal mistake of going into suburbia to hit a porta-potty I used throughout the winter. Unfortunately, that bathroom was not there, nor any gas station nearby and time failed me. I should have just stayed in the woods and made due. Anyway, the result was messy by the time I made it back to the singletrack and "making due" now was totally inadequate.
I decided to just run back to my car as directly as possible. So after not turning around until 70min, I still made it back in under 40min. Not 2hours, not even 1:50. Getting in my car, I questioned why I was stopping seeing as I wasn't dying from chaffing yet, but I wanted to get showered.
The good news: legs felt good the whole time, not really tired by the end. I also successfully fueled. Beforehand, I made 2 quick mini-tortillas with hummus and leftover sweet potato fries. They tasted great and went down well considering I didn't drink any water with it.