My First Century!

[wackyjacky1]

That's awesome! Five hours is great. I'm slow as can be -- I figure it will take me about ten hours to ride a century.

[PamNY]

Congratulations! I think doing a century at all is awesome. I'm no expert, but I second the Ben & Jerry's recommendation.

[marni]

my average century rate is 6 hours riding and about an hour of accumulated stops and water breaks so 5 hours sounds spectacular to me.

I have recently discovered compression tights as an aid to recovery for any ride or heavy exercise session. I also take some extra acid zapper, ibuprofen, ice my legs and take a nap. My recovery drink of choice is a homemade iced chocolate coffee latte made with almond milk and ghiradelli chocolate powder but ice cream works out on the road.

Congratulations- you finished, now take an easy week and then pick another challenge.

marni

[chicagogal]

I also agree that a 5hr century is pretty amazing. Especially since you did it basically solo. 5hrs is a benchmark for a lot of people who rides centuries and the people who usually hit that mark work together in a group!!!

Congratulations!!

[Tri Girl]

Congrats!!! 100 miles is a loooong way to go on a bike!

I consider myself a fairly strong cyclist, and I've never done a century in less than 6.5 hours (and that was when I was faster than I am now). I'm impressed with your 5 hour time. Of course, I like to look around and enjoy the scenery (and stop to take pictures).

[Road Viexn]

Congrats! That is so great. I can't wait until I can say I did my first century. I am aiming for next years little red ride as my first one.

[TrekTheKaty]

My recovery drink of choice is a homemade iced chocolate coffee latte made with almond milk and ghiradelli chocolate powder but ice cream works out on the road.

marni

I have rice milk and I didn't even ride today, but I'm going to try that. I was just making an iced coffee