2nd annual 100 miles of Nowhere for Team Fatty

[jobob]

Very well done PW!

And you too (two?) Jacklyn!

[Grog]

Wow, what a ride! I told people about your tandem ride on the trainer today and everybody was impressed.

For us, the goal was to do about 40 laps of a 4 km very hilly course around a local park.

Things turned out a bit differently for me. I had to work almost a full night twice this week, including last night, so I knew I was not going to do 160 km (100 miles). Nevertheless we started this morning on our short course. My husband - who was determined to do the whole 160 km - was there at 7 a.m. and I joined him around 9 a.m. Part of the road we wanted to use was shut down due to a police operation (welcome to Vancouver) but it was good to us because it reduced possible conflicts with cars. And we had a police-woman who was otherwise protecting the crime scene cheering for us.

We had a few friends and my father in law join us during the ride. My husband had ridden about 80 km and me about 50 when traffic became heavy on our short course, and the friends were a bit tired of riding around in a circle. So we "cheated." By then I had decided I'd go for 50 miles. We went for a bit of a ride elsewhere (Iona Beach for those who know Vancouver). After that, my husband still had to put in about 35 more km so he went his own way.

On my way home, I hit the 50-mile mark exactly - I mean EXACTLY - as I rolled in front of the Cancer Research Agency, which I thought was appropriate.

I'm happy I did it, but now I'm really, really tired. Zzzz!

Anyone received their package yet?

[Pedal Wench]

I'm happy I did it, but now I'm really, really tired. Zzzz!

Anyone received their package yet?

I did! And of course, changed into the tee-shirt after my ride for the drive home.

Now, go get some rest!

[sfa]

I did the 100 kilometers of nowhere on Saturday--around and around and around a quarter mile track at the local high school. Geez, that was mind numbingly boring!!! And I'm going to get a big ol' DNF too because I miscalculated the distance home and ended up three tenths of a mile short of 100 kilometers. I would have kept going to hit the mark perfectly, but there were people waiting for me to arrive home and I was running late! Originally I had planned on just 50 miles, but I thought I could finish up 62 miles in time to get home.

I'm glad that's over. Next year I'm doing it on a trainer with something good to watch on t.v.!

Sarah