My longest ride

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10-11-2010, 08:49 AM
MCAP

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My longest ride

This weekend I had two great rides. On Saturday DH and I rode from our house to the river and back. It was 41 miles and my longest ride to date. I felt great and had so much fun. We averaged 15-16 mph over the ride. My previous longest ride was 35 miles.

On Sunday, we attended Old Town Elkhorn Cycle Fest in Elkhorn, NE. It was a great FREE! event and there were about 120 riders there. It was a 15 miles out and 15 miles back course that you could do however many times you wanted. I did two loops for a total of 60 miles. It was a great ride. I was pretty tired by the end, but I had so much fun. I just had to share.
10-11-2010, 04:05 PM
chicagogal

super cool!!!!

I love to hear about cyclists who push themselves to accomplish amazing goals.

Congrats on your ride, it sounds like fun!
10-11-2010, 04:06 PM
sandra

That's great! Thanks for sharing. It inspires me!
10-11-2010, 06:08 PM
yankiwi

Good for you! It's a wonderful feeling, isn't it, when you find you can go further and do it comfortably; how neat!
10-11-2010, 06:51 PM
Bruised&Happy

Yay! Good job! :D My longest to date is 30 miles. Can't wait to do my first half century!
10-11-2010, 08:43 PM
marni

wow you did an almost cumulative century. Go for a 75 miler and then you'll be ready for a century as everybody always has another 20-30 miles in them provided they aren't under a time limit being forced to hit a certain speed.

Go You!!!
10-12-2010, 06:50 AM
MCAP

Thanks ladies! It was a really fun weekend. I won't have the time for another long ride like that for a few weeks, but I'll be looking forward to the next one.

All the sudden the 12 miles for a sprint triathlon seem like nothing at all!
10-15-2010, 05:15 PM
abejita

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Originally Posted by marni

wow you did an almost cumulative century. Go for a 75 miler and then you'll be ready for a century as everybody always has another 20-30 miles in them provided they aren't under a time limit being forced to hit a certain speed.

Go You!!!

I always thought that it was a huge jump from 75 or 80 to 100, but my longest ride this summer was 80 miles and hubs and I completed the hotter'n hell hundred without a problem this summer.