oldfujiman

Hi everyone, I finished the 70 mile ride in around 4:45 time on the bike, but spent a lot of time at the rest stops, I was under prepared for the hills and suffered the last 10 miles with severe leg cramps, guess I did not take in enough fluids, some of you might have seen me sitting alongside the road trying to get the cramps out of my legs.

All said I had a great time and realize I have to train a lot harder for next year.

Had intentions of trying the century but did not hesitate when I saw the turn for 70 on Dairy Lane

akcapbikeforums

Oldfujiman, was this your first LCP?

There was a LOT of cramping -- which I suspect has more to do with hydration than training. Because the afternoon was very humid, our sweat was as efficiently providing the evaporative cooling: hence the body sweats more, causing varying degrees of dehyrdation, hence cramping. The powerstops were good about offering powergels, and we saw one guy take ten of them -- on the advice of a medic. He was that dehydrated.

oldfujiman

Yes this was my first organized ride of any kind, I think the humidity was the biggest factor but the hills drained me also, the most climbing I did was about 3500 feet in a 35 mile ride before this ride. Not sure if my Garmin was right but I had 74 miles and like 5085 feet of climbing, the 74 miles might have come from the parking lot, I turned it on when I took the bike off the car.

akcapbikeforums

oldfujiman, what else did you think about the ride? What percentage of the riders would you say were over 50?

So let's all remember, you have to hydrate doubly in high humidity: your body sweats, the sweat doesn't evaporate as quickly, your body sweats MORE, become dehydrated, you get cramping -- and anything you drink won't be immediately effective.

JDavis

My first full century, finished in about 6 hrs 25 min. I don't think I've ever refilled my bottles so many time! But, maybe my biggest mistake of the day was giving the high-5 to satan.

mdaugherty

Hydration was certainly the key factor for this ride. I skipped the very first and last stop of the ride, but I hit everything in between to simply refill bottles, eat and hydrate. On a ride like this with high humity on a warm day it is the key to making it to the end and not cramping up. Even if I did not feel hungry, I still ate. I personally find that if I am not urinating at some of the rest stops , I am not drinking enough. I rode the full 100 as well, and that Satan guy was lying about how far it was to the top of Landis Store climb!

grahny

Was it just me, or were there two red devils out there? One on the Landis Store climb, and one maybe 20mi before that. It didn't look like the same guy, but I'm pretty sure I was hallucinating by the time I saw him the 2nd time.

I've been lucky enough to never have cramped up in my life *knocks on wood*. I drink lots and eat an adequate amount without overdoing it. At all the rest stops I only had a few nectarines and some orange slices other than topping off the bottles. 2 packets of Hammer Perpetuem, 2 packets of Heed, and a couple Hammer gels was plenty (plus about 10 bottles of water).

Hey - did anyone have the soup at the Landis Store rest stop? I can't imagine eating soup on a ride like that... Nice of them to provide variation in food, but they may want to rethink the hot soup for next year

Jay68442

The two devils were the same guy.

oldfujiman

I thought the ride was great nice views good rest stops, I not sure of the percentage over 50 but I saw a lot of older riders. Some one else said about urinating at some of the rest stops, which I usually do a couple of times while riding by myself, I don't think I went until I got back to the Hotel later that night. My bottles hold 20oz and I drank about 2 in between all the rest stops on the 70. But I had a good time and will be back next year!
One other note did anyone go to the dinner on Saturday night? I thought it was a long drive to get there, but a nice place.

HigherGround

I heard one of the Satans joking after the event that when a rider complained about him lying about the distance to the top of the climb, Satan's response was, "And you trusted the Devil???"

Nick29

I did. I thought the venue was really cool, but the acoustics weren't the greatest. The speeches were all very good though.

mdaugherty, I was the short guy behind you and your teammate on the ride from the DoubleTree and at the beginning of the ride. With the combination of being tired and a little nervous about my first century, I wasn't very talkative though.

ETA: and yeah, satan telling everybody "just 50 meters after this turn" when we were really ~1/2 mile from the top was nice

SgtPepper64

I wanted to push him a la Lance but... that would be mean.

But then again, so is lying...

So it would have made it even, right?

Sy Klist

I saw the soup too. That was kind of weird. I had two hot dogs though!!!

island rider

Congrats to all you guys, I was out there with a few other guys all wearing springsteen lyrics on our jerseys. Almost everyone got the 100 done, the two who didn't were because of a freak mechanical problem and a desire not to leave a man alone. That was not your typical charity ride!

Question, after seeing the success of Team Fatty and the ability to use the internet to raise money for this great cause, has anyone thought about a BF team?

tasr

That sounds like a GREAT idea. You start a BF team next year and I'll raise money and ride for your team. I bet you'll get most of these guys to join.

Congratulation on your LS fundraising, 11K is quit an accomplishment.

JDavis

Photos are up at Kreutz

https://www.kreutzphotography.com/KPh...CH=306&TYP=PUB

grahny

That took so long I almost forget they were even taking photos.

Yours truly....

Jay68442

Must have been a long 100 miles, looks like I'm about to fall over.

hockeyfulm

Woohoo... Finished the ride and a 4 yr survivor too!!! Yeh Haw!

grahny

^ Great shot!

island rider

We may just have to see about that! Thanks for the accolades. The event was incredible, and a great thing to be a part of.

barryflht

Here I am at the start.... Looking way too serious, or maybe just dreading the hills ..