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09-18-2011, 07:08 AM
I did it I did it I did it! :D:D:D
103 miles, 4611ft of incline. Took EIGHT HOURS but a lot of that was eaten up at all the stops (holy long lines, Batman!). Saw lots of cool stuff, beautiful scenery, some long climbs (one was two miles long, at mile 71) and some REALLY AWESOME descents (Hey! Let's go back and do that again!) :D
Saw some familiar faces from the last big ride I went to, learned a few names, met some really cool folks along the way.
Had my first clipless pedal fall, in the parking lot after the ride. Some pedestrians came around the side of a van (I was slowing to stop anyway), I unclipped left, fell to the right - landed on the concrete bumper next to the van. Little bruised & will have a new scar on my knee (the same knee as all the others, my left knee is unblemished) and my hand isn't right, the gel gloves took most of the shock but I think there may be a stress crack.
Oh yes - my riding partner! He had quit on me about a week and a half ago after one of our training rides. He'd eaten cheap Mexican the night before and it just killed him, he semi-bonked at mile 50 and so the last 30 miles were horrible for him. The next day he drove part of the Century route, decided there was no way he could make it, and emailed me he was quitting. I emailed it was the Mexican, and how could he quit after all those training hours... and there he was at the next training ride saying he'd give it another shot. He did great then, did great yesterday. So happy for him, it was a goal for him to complete a Century as much as it was mine. :) We celebrated with a beer after.
All in all, great day, I felt I could keep going at the end so maybe 125 is next!
103 miles, 4611ft of incline. Took EIGHT HOURS but a lot of that was eaten up at all the stops (holy long lines, Batman!). Saw lots of cool stuff, beautiful scenery, some long climbs (one was two miles long, at mile 71) and some REALLY AWESOME descents (Hey! Let's go back and do that again!) :D
Saw some familiar faces from the last big ride I went to, learned a few names, met some really cool folks along the way.
Had my first clipless pedal fall, in the parking lot after the ride. Some pedestrians came around the side of a van (I was slowing to stop anyway), I unclipped left, fell to the right - landed on the concrete bumper next to the van. Little bruised & will have a new scar on my knee (the same knee as all the others, my left knee is unblemished) and my hand isn't right, the gel gloves took most of the shock but I think there may be a stress crack.
Oh yes - my riding partner! He had quit on me about a week and a half ago after one of our training rides. He'd eaten cheap Mexican the night before and it just killed him, he semi-bonked at mile 50 and so the last 30 miles were horrible for him. The next day he drove part of the Century route, decided there was no way he could make it, and emailed me he was quitting. I emailed it was the Mexican, and how could he quit after all those training hours... and there he was at the next training ride saying he'd give it another shot. He did great then, did great yesterday. So happy for him, it was a goal for him to complete a Century as much as it was mine. :) We celebrated with a beer after.
All in all, great day, I felt I could keep going at the end so maybe 125 is next!