Century Virgin No More
FindYourGozo
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I completed my first century on Saturday!! It was a lot harder and took longer than I thought but I did it.
Some interesting and random facts:
--> 102 miles
--> 269 pounds
--> 7H 15M to complete - pretty slow I know...
--> High Temp: 94 degrees
--> Low Temp: 63 degrees
--> Drank: 6 bottles of water, 2 Sobe Drinks, 3 Gatorades
--> Ate: Not enough I don't think - 1.5 peanut butter sandwiches and two bananas
--> Rode: Specialized Allez Sport 2010
--> Rode alone the entire ride
--> Took two breaks at 50 and 70 miles
--> No flats!!!
--> Hardest stretch: Between 60 and 70 miles. My feet were killiing me and the sun and heat were getting to me.
--> Completely exhausted and wanting a rest after the ride discovered the keys were locked in the house and had to wait for and pay a locksmith to get the house opened.
Some interesting and random facts:
--> 102 miles
--> 269 pounds
--> 7H 15M to complete - pretty slow I know...
--> High Temp: 94 degrees
--> Low Temp: 63 degrees
--> Drank: 6 bottles of water, 2 Sobe Drinks, 3 Gatorades
--> Ate: Not enough I don't think - 1.5 peanut butter sandwiches and two bananas
--> Rode: Specialized Allez Sport 2010
--> Rode alone the entire ride
--> Took two breaks at 50 and 70 miles
--> No flats!!!
--> Hardest stretch: Between 60 and 70 miles. My feet were killiing me and the sun and heat were getting to me.
--> Completely exhausted and wanting a rest after the ride discovered the keys were locked in the house and had to wait for and pay a locksmith to get the house opened.
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Oh no! You muct have been raging inside when you got mate, but with only the strength of a kitten hahaha.
Well done on the ride, im new to road riding and have only been doing 20 mile routes (purely by fluke as i dont have a bike computer yet, ive just usd endomondo on my iphone).
I keep meaning to give a friend who lives in the next road a spare set of keys, im going to pop round with them after dinner now
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Doesn't matter how long it took - as long as you enjoyed it and recognise the achievement, hats off to you.
Bit of a bugger when you got home though!0 -
Well done and congrats.....shame about the keys thou!
No ride up Mount Lemon planned just yet then?Felt AR4
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D4RK1 wrote:Oh no! You muct have been raging inside when you got mate, but with only the strength of a kitten hahaha.
Well done on the ride, im new to road riding and have only been doing 20 mile routes (purely by fluke as i dont have a bike computer yet, ive just usd endomondo on my iphone).
I keep meaning to give a friend who lives in the next road a spare set of keys, im going to pop round with them after dinner now
My wife had come out with the kids to meet me and she had pulled the locked door shut behind her with the keys inside. She felt horrible and started to cry. We had our car key though so I sent her and the kids to get lunch and I waited for the locksmith. Cost $70 and took him a total of five minutes - I am in the wrong business. We have a lock box but no key in it - that will change very soon though.
As for the bike computer - I am not even as advanced as you - I am still using map my ride dot com to gage my distance. That needs to be a next purchase.0 -
fludey wrote:Well done and congrats.....shame about the keys thou!
No ride up Mount Lemon planned just yet then?
No Mount Lemon and no South Mountain - not yet anyway. Maybe when I am 70 +/- pounds lighter. I did do Usery Pass a few weeks back (if you are familiar with it) and it kicked my butt!0 -
I think you can feel proud of your achievement. Congratulations.Purveyor of "up"
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You in Arizona? No wonder the heat was a bit of an issue!0
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Graham G wrote:You in Arizona? No wonder the heat was a bit of an issue!
Yep - I am in AZ. I knew it was going to be warm, I started at 4:00am to try and avoid some of it. I was done by 11 and it was 94. The days high was 108 so it could have been much worse if I had started later. I think I am going to save century #2 for the fall.0 -
Congrats on beating the 100 mile barrier I have not quite got there yet but have done 100 kilometres (62 miles) a couple of times over hilly terrain in about 4hours 20ish mins, but then I have had to spend most of the rest of the day on the sofa as I am completely out of energy! Hopefully that will get better soon and I can look towards doing a 100 miler... 0
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Well done! Shame about the keys though.0
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That's excellent, and in that heat... wow!
I'll be happy to get my first century in, even measured in KMs - that's my goal this year... Synapse Alloy 105 / Rock Lobster Tig Team Sl0 -
Congratulations on your first 100miler
Sounds like you drank pretty well, but watch your food intake as that's not an awful lot of solid food in that time. Everyone's different and some people eat more, some less - but that just doesn't sound much in my opinion.
What's the next target (warning - riding distances can become addictive!)? Double metric century would be a good next step (about 125 miles).
Well done again!0 -
Glad to hear you got out and had fun!
I did a century yesterday (but in kms), and afterwards felt like I still had more legs in me, but due to a crash by my riding buddy/ father in law we couldn't carry on.
Still waiting until I can go back out with him.
Take a spare key always with you, and keep it in something a bit bigger on your leg inside the cycling shorts. Works a treat for me 0 -
FindYourGozo wrote:-
--> Completely exhausted and wanting a rest after the ride discovered the keys were locked in the house and had to wait for and pay a locksmith to get the house opened.
That would have broken me. I would have been livid and probably dry sobbed as I was so knackered.
Congrats on the ride in that heat as well, nice one.0 -
JST wrote:Congrats on beating the 100 mile barrier I have not quite got there yet but have done 100 kilometres (62 miles) a couple of times over hilly terrain in about 4hours 20ish mins, but then I have had to spend most of the rest of the day on the sofa as I am completely out of energy! Hopefully that will get better soon and I can look towards doing a 100 miler...
My route was completely flat, no hills. If I had to deal with hills I am not sure I would have made it. I spent most the day on the sofa and my wife surprised with an appointment to get a massage afterwards.
I bought my bike 10 weeks ago, 7 weeks ago I signed up for this 100 mile charity ride - I busted but in preperation and felt great when I completed it. You'll get there and if you are like me it might help to sign up for something you can't back out of as motivation. Thanks for you comment.0 -
marcusjb wrote:Congratulations on your first 100miler
Sounds like you drank pretty well, but watch your food intake as that's not an awful lot of solid food in that time. Everyone's different and some people eat more, some less - but that just doesn't sound much in my opinion.
What's the next target (warning - riding distances can become addictive!)? Double metric century would be a good next step (about 125 miles).
Well done again!
Thanks.
I too realize after the fact that my food intake was not enough. I was ill prepared in that regard and had little in the house to eat. I should have stopped at a gas station and bought something but that thought did not cross my mind.
I think my next goal will focus on weight loss rather than milage gain. I need to learn to do some interval training and maybe see if I could do the century in less time in the fall when it cools off. That is my thinking now at least.0 -
MountainMonster wrote:Glad to hear you got out and had fun!
I did a century yesterday (but in kms), and afterwards felt like I still had more legs in me, but due to a crash by my riding buddy/ father in law we couldn't carry on.
Still waiting until I can go back out with him.
Take a spare key always with you, and keep it in something a bit bigger on your leg inside the cycling shorts. Works a treat for me
Congrats on your KM Century - that is too bad about the crash. On my ride I was using clipless shoes and pedals for the very first time - not even so much as a test spin prior to that - and was worried about falling. Lucked out though and stayed upright the entire time.
The whole story behind the lack of key:
I really played up this ride on my blog (link below). I had some family show up while my wife and mom were out taking pictures of me. My wife took the key of her key ring and gave it to my brother so he could get into our house to wait for me to finish. Rather than finishing the ride at the house I ended at a park around the corner. They all came to support me and take pictures but when they left the house they did not grab that loose key. That is why we had car keys but not a house key. Even though it was an unusual situation it has taught a valuable lesson. The saddle bag has a key clip, I am just going to copy the key and keep one in there at all times. We also have a lock box that is not in use that we could put on the outside of the house. I use your "in the short" idea for holding my gym membership card to and from spin class - works great.0 -
Thebigbee wrote:FindYourGozo wrote:-
--> Completely exhausted and wanting a rest after the ride discovered the keys were locked in the house and had to wait for and pay a locksmith to get the house opened.
That would have broken me. I would have been livid and probably dry sobbed as I was so knackered.
Congrats on the ride in that heat as well, nice one.
All things considered I was surprised how well it worked out. I had asked my wife to bring shorts, shirt, and sandals to the park and I was able to slip out of my wet cycling shorts and into something loose and breezy. We had a lawn chair on the back porch that I brought out and sat in front of the house in the shade and rested and waited for the locksmith. My wife was the one who was really upset by it. The kids were screaming and it was their nap time but once we got food for them all things turned around quick. Could have been much worse.0 -
Congratulations and done in a respectable time as well.Being British I cant imagine cycling in that heat.0
