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View Poll Results: have you ever ridden a century (100 imperial miles)?
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Yes!
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No, but I plan to
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No, and i have no desire to ride that far!
2 1.61% -
century? what on earth is a century?????
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other!
1 0.81%
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Thread: the century (100 miles) poll
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08-20-2006, 08:53 PM #1
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08-20-2006, 09:27 PM #2
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I've done quite a few metric centuries - there's another one on this Sunday as part of our local Grand Slam series (about 160K all up). There's an 80 k option, which is what I'll probably do as the rides tend to be fairly hilly, and I just CAN'T do hills. I'm better at it than I was a year ago, and I go out trying quite often. I figure the only way to get better at climbing hills is to go out and climb hills. I read about technique, breathing, nutrition, dehydration, gearing etc etc ad infinitum. But nothing works. I get to a certain point, there's nothing there, and I have to just stop and walk it.
So until there's a century that isn't climbing, I'll be a metric century rider.
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08-20-2006, 09:31 PM #3
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HA!!!!!!!! Nice job, kiddo! Congrats.
Originally Posted by Brandy
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08-20-2006, 09:33 PM #4
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Thanks! I had a blast...can't wait for the next one! Originally Posted by salsabike
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