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04-27-08, 06:29 PM
I did my first metric century today -- twice as long as my previous longest ride. I averaged 15 mph over the mostly flat route, and when I finished I felt like I could have gone farther. I'm quite happy.
One amusing incident along the way...around mile 45 I was riding along a flat stretch and came across a group of slower riders. I felt quite proud to still be passing a few people this late in the ride. Then as the number of people I was passing grew from a few to a dozen I started noticing that some of these people had just passed me a few miles before. Not catching on, I hammered away, getting up over 20 mph just before I rounded a bend and saw in front of me the biggest hill on the route. Oops. Huffing and puffing I managed to make it to the top, but I did some serious light spinning for the next mile or two.
One amusing incident along the way...around mile 45 I was riding along a flat stretch and came across a group of slower riders. I felt quite proud to still be passing a few people this late in the ride. Then as the number of people I was passing grew from a few to a dozen I started noticing that some of these people had just passed me a few miles before. Not catching on, I hammered away, getting up over 20 mph just before I rounded a bend and saw in front of me the biggest hill on the route. Oops. Huffing and puffing I managed to make it to the top, but I did some serious light spinning for the next mile or two.