Horsey Hundred Log - The First Century

[Fredwina]

Congrats all!

[Zen]

Good lord, man!
I looked at that elevation graph, that's a LOT of climbing for a first century
Fantastic job!

[makbike]

Mr. Silver/Silver - great job! It was a pleasure meeting you guys and I hope you enjoyed your brief stay in Kentucky. I'm off to get ready for the second day of the Horsey Hundred. I'm not sure which route I'll ride at this point but whichever one I select will be a winner. I'm sure my legs will let me know early on what I can and can't do today.

[SouthernBelle]

Very impressive with the hilly choice. I choose the one I did specifically because it was relatively flat. & I can't say I finished strong!

Good job.

[Mr. Bloom]

SouthernBelle, there's a really intense one sometime soon at Land Between the Lakes. I hear it even includes a 15% grade!

Silver and I pondered signing up for about 10 milliseconds

[silver]

silver's observations:

Mr. did awesome for his first century.
makbike is sweet, kind, and an awesome cyclist
my hind shorts with the black stitching are the ones that chafe
cyclists in Kentucky are friendlier than cyclists in Indiana
The Goergetown, KY area is beautiful
a century in southern Indiana does not equal a century in central Kentucky (flat versus hilly)
The "plague" that I had last week took more out of me than I thought
I love cycling!!!

[Flybye]

Way to go!!!
I just checked out your weight loss blog and think that what you have accomplished so far is great. Congratulations on your first century. I did my first half century on Sunday and woke up with the flu on Monday - no wonder it was SO hard!!!

I copied this off of your blog:
THROW OFF everything that HINDERS and the sin that so easily entangles, and RUN with PERSEVERANCE the RACE marked out for me. Hebrews 12:1

This is the very address of the scripture that started all consistent determination for weight loss for me. I so easily started strong with dieting and then flopped like a fish. If you don't have your sights on the end product - the finish of the race - then there will be no consistency, so discipline, and no determination. It really is the middle of the race (or diet, or century) that gets us to the end. That is where we are tested, tried, and refined. Physically and spiritually speaking. It is a great anchor to hold to.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Your wife must be very proud of you! You must be very proud of you, too!

[SouthernBelle]

SouthernBelle, there's a really intense one sometime soon at Land Between the Lakes. I hear it even includes a 15% grade!

Silver and I pondered signing up for about 10 milliseconds

Come on down here & I'll take you up a 22%'er and not that short either. When I dl'd my info off my Garmin, it said max grade was 22% for yesterday, but it must have been short because I don't remember it.