Randonneurs

[Anelia]

Yesterday we rode another 200k. On Saturday the others rode 300 and I was sorry that I didn't ride 300 instead of 200. Not because of the distance but the weather on Saturday was fantastic (20-24 degrees) and it completely changed on Sunday. We started riding with head wind and finished the last 40 km in rain. The temperature dropped to 6 degrees! Besides that, I had a side stitch that lasted about 2 hours!!! It was incredible pain and only sticking with the group helped me get to the gas station at 130 km where we had some rest and the pain stopped. Maybe I had my breakfast only 30 min before the start and that triggered it I felt like lying in the ditch near the road but I kept riding with tears. After that I was very happy that the pain is gone and the rain wasn't an obstacle. Because of the pain and because the other 2 people from my group were very tired, we didn't ride fast, my HR was about 110-130 and had a big rest at lunch but nonetheless, the speed overall wasn't too bad, we finished in less than 10 hours.
http://www.openrunner.com/index.php?id=2310887- this is the route, I'll post some pictures later (if there are any, nobody wanted to take pictures in rain

[maillotpois]

That's great Anelia. Good for you for riding out the side stitch. I have found that on very long rides, something will hurt for a while and then it will stop. And then something else will hurt. So it's good to know you can ride through it, even if it's something really painful (as long as you know it's not life threatening.)

[Trek420]

There's this for your rest years:

http://blog.cascade.org/2013/02/erra...n-their-bikes/