Oregon Coast 600K Ride Report

[kenyonchris]

Im considering watching Twilight. Or not.

[sfa]

Maybe she's tired or something. I can't imagine why, though.

[Bike2work]

Susan,

My thinking is that if you completed the 600k last weekend you can do PBP. That 600k route is by no means easy. Remember the Arch Cape climbs? Remember the rain? Remember the climbing on the second day? And you did all that with two and a half hours to spare.

That's what I love about Randonneuring the most. The time limits are challenging but reasonable, and it doesn't matter when you finish as long as you finish within the time limit. It's not a race. Which is great because we get enough of that locally with Race Across Oregon and the Ring of Fire.

For my son Alex and I we did a rather relaxing pace because Alex was having difficulty with nutrition, got our seven hours of sleep in Lincoln City and finished maybe a half hour after you did.

We got rained on too on Sunday but not nearly as bad as you did. But you recovered, learned from it, finished the ride with time to spare and, I'd guess, along the way became even more hopelessly addicted to this wonderful crazy sport. Like I am.

Yep, if after that you're still thinking about PBP then you're probably ready to tackle it.

Keith Kohan

[Susan Otcenas]

Hi Keith,

Thanks for the reply! I saw you and Alex come in just after our little posse finished up.

Seven hours sleep! I'd like to be you when I grow up. Hope Alex was feeling better when you finished. I never got behind in my nutrition (I'm really careful about eating enough) but I certainly had my moments when my stomach was not thrilled (mostly between 11pm & midnight on Saturday). I have some friends who seem to have cast irons stomachs. They can push and push and eat anything in sight without trouble. My friend Richard worked his way through 2 pounds of salami on Race Across Oregon a few years ago. I was his crew chief and while everyone else was looking for bland oatmeal in the middle of the night, he was chowing down on salami on artisan bread.

Thanks for your words of encouragement. I'm planning to do the full summer series, finishing up with the MacKenzie-Aufderheide 600K. That one looks to be a fair bit harder than the Oregon Coast 600K, so if I survive THAT, then I'll probably sign up for PBP.

Susan

[Pedal Wench]

Thanks for your words of encouragement. I'm planning to do the full summer series, finishing up with the MacKenzie-Aufderheide 600K. That one looks to be a fair bit harder than the Oregon Coast 600K, so if I survive THAT, then I'll probably sign up for PBP.

Susan

I wanna be YOU when I grow up. Never mind the fact that I'm way older than you, and I don't really wanna grow up ever!

[Susan Otcenas]

Hard to believe a year has passed.

So, this year I am the ride organizer for this brevet, which will happen this coming weekend. As such, I did the pre-ride for the event this past weekend. Solo. I wrote up a ride report, with lots of photos of the route, if anyone is interested. It's a very pretty course. And I had mostly sunshine this year! Woot!

http://susanotcenas.blogspot.com/201...de-report.html

[salsabike]

Solo! Wow. Can't believe you had to do a 600 pre-ride on your own. I know it's happened before but still....sheesh. Glad you had the sun!

My husband Chris has qualified for PBP and tells me you post a lot on a rando thread, so I knew you were training for it too. Hope you guys meet when you're there! I'll be there too but just for the museum/cafe part.

[maillotpois]

Wow - a solo 600k. Impressive. When I did my last one I was solo during the day but hooked up with a group for the 9 pm to 5 am stretch and was SO relieved about that. My 600k is 5/21-22 and I have a group of 3 others lined up to ride together. That midnight to 4 am stretch would be pretty grim alone.

I can't wait to read your report - I have to get dressed for work right now, though!!

[Biciclista]

hhahahahaha i like where you say you're out of shape and then proceed to finish a 600 kilometer ride.
great ride and great reporting too.

[Susan Otcenas]

Solo! Wow. Can't believe you had to do a 600 pre-ride on your own. I know it's happened before but still....sheesh. Glad you had the sun!

My husband Chris has qualified for PBP and tells me you post a lot on a rando thread, so I knew you were training for it too. Hope you guys meet when you're there! I'll be there too but just for the museum/cafe part.

It's my own fault that I rode it alone. I didn't look too hard for companions. I find it difficult to ride with other people for so many miles. I end up either feeling rushed or held back, sometimes both emotions in the space of a few minutes.

This 600K completes my SR, so I'm good to go too. I still plan to do at least one more 600K and may do the SIR 1000K in June. It's on my training plan. I see Chris is signed up for the 1000K as well.

Would be fun to meet up in France (We arrive on 8/17 and are staying at the Mercure). Jeff is coming along as well. His plan is to consume as many calories, preferably in the form of baked goods, as I burn off. :-) After PBP, we are going to Chamonix for a week. I will relax and ride my bike as my legs allow (and eat lots of baked goods! and drink lots of wine!), while he climbs Mont Blanc.