First Century Ride

a.kelly
a.kelly Posts: 6
edited May 2014 in Road beginners
I took up cycling in February after deciding that running was destroying my knees and caught the bug instantly and today completed my first 100 mile ride in around 6hr 20 min I'm really pleased i made the switch :D:D

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  • jmillen
    jmillen Posts: 627
    Congrats :) It's a great feeling isn't it.
    What sort of overall climb was it?
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  • a.kelly
    a.kelly Posts: 6
    According to sträva it was 4,731 according to my garmin it was 4,352
  • fat_cat
    fat_cat Posts: 566
    Decent effort that, well done!

    On to the next one! :D
  • Schoie81
    Schoie81 Posts: 749
    a.kelly wrote:
    According to sträva it was 4,731 according to my garmin it was 4,352

    I wish it was that flat at my end of Derbyshire! :) I did my first 50mile ride last month and that had 4600ft of climb according to Strava - so same climb in half the distance!! Where was your ride? 100miles is a good effort in any case, well done!! Still some way off for me I think!
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  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    It's not at all. Find somewhere a bit less hilly and if you can do 50 miles you can do 100.
  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    Congrats, what was your average speed?
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  • charlie_potatoes
    charlie_potatoes Posts: 1,921
    goonz wrote:
    Congrats, what was your average speed?

    15.8mph :wink:
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  • Initialised
    Initialised Posts: 3,047
    Well done, is a good feeling, tidy time as well!
    I used to just ride my bike to work but now I find myself going out looking for bigger and bigger hills.

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