Metric or Full Century May 20th?

[Bklynmom]

Glad you had a good ride too - hope DH survived as well.

The hills really do make it interesting - now that they are becoming more manageable for me, and I have developed my momentum tricks, it is more fun. I think it's faster too.

I also think that flat riding in the same position for a long time is more stress-full on your knees than a variety.

I also discovered:
-Do not eat Peanut butter on a century
-Chamois butter works
-You can drink too much water
-I need to look into those energy drinks before I tackle 111 miles.

Sounds like you are more than ready to do amore demanding ride - hope your DH can find time to train too - you really do need company on the long ones! I wish my husband could find the time to train, it would be fun to do this together.

[rij73]

Hooray Bklynmom! Good job, and seems like you learned some valuable lessons for next time. I'll remember the peanut butter thing!

[melissam]

Bklynmom & teigyr & teigyr's DH,

Excellent, excellent work!! Thanks for posting the ride reports to satisfy my curiousity.

Bklynmom, it's good to find out what you should & shouldn't eat during a ride. For me, I don't mind peanut butter. In fact, most things are fine for me, as long as I don't consume them before a particularly strenuous part of the route.

I also ran into the too much water issue on my last organized ride; I ended up making an impromptu rest stop of my own. OTOH, the consequences of too much water aren't nearly as severe as the consequences of too little water. Sometimes ya just gotta find a tree, if ya know what I mean!

Congrats on going for it and having a great ride!

-- Melissa