ebrady

Got May century #2 and #3 done this weekend.

2008 Tour of the Ohio Scioto River Valley (TOSRV)
105 miles on Day one (Saturday).
105 miles on Day two (Sunday).

Weather was excellent on Saturday, actually got a sunburn, awesome tail wind coming out of the North, had it all the way from Columbus to Portsmouth.

Weather went to crap on Sunday, Torrential Rain at times, Thunderstorms, and a couple of Tornado WARNINGS! However the storm came out to the south which made for good Tailwinds on the way back ALSO

All in all it was a good ride, however it was over shadow by a fatal collision with a cyclist who went off the approved route and was struck by an SUV on Sunday. They are still sorting out the details of what happened, however the cyclist was off the deisgnated course, and the driver's story of the incident is somewhat shady.

kraxmel

Well, I was planning on doing a century a month, but injuried myself in February and haven't been able to ride more than 100 miles TOTAL in two months. Finally got back on the bike 2 weeks ago and got a century in with my club this past Saturday.

103 miles
8hr 50min (including stops, long lunch, lots of mechanicals, and a nasty headwind for 50 miles)

That's 6 centuries for the year.

DataJunkie

I was hit by a driver in March and fractured my right radial bone at the elbow and opened my left knee to the bone. This resulted in me missing my March and April centuries. Technically I am out for this challenge but whatever.

I took a ride today that ended up turning into my first century after the accident! 100.2 miles, 6500 feet of climbing, and 6 hrs and 40 min. By no means a speedy century but I am thrilled. Heck, my arm is still in physical therapy and I pulled this off!
I rode from my house to lookout mountain in Golden. Rode up it and down the other side to Colfax. Decided that was not enough and turned around to do it from the other direction. Descending a mountain with 90 degree switchbacks was a blast. Practiced cornering and taking turns at a high speed. Then rode back to my suburb to discover that I was ahead of the game mileage wise and decided to add 20 miles to make a century. To be honest the last 20 miles were miserable but I still did it. Yay me! The motorist the hit me can stuff it. I am not going to let her ruin more of my riding.

Oh and I have a century next weekend and one the weekend after that. Maybe I will be able to try my first brevet this summer after all.

ncherry

While I can't match what DataJunkie did (glad to hear you're back on the bike) I was thrilled with my performance. Two weeks ago I did my first Century at 16.5 mph avg speed, last week 17.3 mph, yesterday (Sat. 5/17) I did my first double metric of the season at 18.3 mph (1100 ft of climb, yep flat as pancake). To make it more interesting we did a 10 mile section into a 18 mph head wind (we head due west and the wind was due east). There were only two of us so it wasn't much of a pace line. The ride down was cross wind and the ride home was cross wind. Our century was around 5 hrs, 25 mins. Next week we do the Tuckerton double metric as long as we don't have a heavy westerly wind as it has 30+ miles of due west.

Michelangelo

Datajunkie you are crazy ... Glad to see you are back on your bike anyway. Beware of breaking stuff. Bones are not solid when they are ... well: not solid yet

DataJunkie

Thanks
Actually, my bone is healed. The problem lies with the tendons and the soft tissue with a radial head bone fracture. They tend to constrict and make things hellish to regain full motion. Provided that I stretch my arm quite a bit the physical therapist has no issues with me riding. In fact, working on a computer causes more issues with it. Should be a couple weeks and the arm will be back to 100%.

kraxmel

Glad you're back on the bike!

Well, I can add 2 more centuries to the year. On the 10th, we had our spring club century. I rode with the second group instead of the crazy fast guys because I was still recovering from my knee injury. It was an out and back route with the a headwind on the way back. The ride went well and I felt strong enough to help block out the wind on the return trip.

This past weekend, I rode out from home to Wild Ride! (20 miles). I meet up with some of my friends from the club and rode the 64 mile course and then rode home. All told, 105ish miles.

This weekend, I'm joining the local randonneuring club on a 200k.

mattm

did 400km brevet on saturday, guess that counts for my may century. bring on june!

chipg5

May done:
104.91 miles
avg 15.08mph
3254 ft of climbing

Beautiful sunny, partly cloudy day, into headwinds 10-20mph from N and W.

Here's the route:

dgasmd

May done. Well, planned a solo 110 miler for today. Went out on the planned route and at about mile 30 had a flat. When I went to look at the tire, turns out the tire had a cut in it and was fairly worn, so I decided to get rid of it altogether. Given my "Team Car" was not going to be available past 11 AM as she was taking the crew (kids) to a birthday party 2 hours south, I decided to call them in for a new tire replacement I already had glued at home. 10 min. later, they were there and replaced the tire. That way it would leave me the spare in case I got another flat later on when they were not around. The next 30-35 miles were going south with a slight tail wind. At mile 58, I stopped to reload liquids and decided to just keep riding the rest of the router south and have my wife pick me up down in Jupiter where she was going to be anyway. I have done this route before and it is right at 100 miles in distance. Very scenic and nice. So, that is what I did. Total was 97 miles. I was getting tired by the end of it, and the fact that the sun is out for summer down here was no help either.

I am going to have to start these long rides on sunday at 5 AM if I don't want to be out this freaking late baking under the heat and sun!!

dgasmd

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My Team car leaving after the tire swap.

mattm

nice pics, dgasm!

i grew up in key west, and sure do miss views like that!!

DXchulo

It's the end of May and the weather is finally getting nice around here. I celebrated the beautiful holiday weekend by riding 2 centuries in a row. Here are some stats from the second one. I rode about 60 miles with the local group and about 40 on my own.

Distance: 100 miles
Weather: 55-70 degrees, 8-11 mph wind
Time: 5:08

I originally wanted to do 3 in a row this weekend, but it's windy and I'm not feeling up to the challenge. I settled for a recovery ride instead.

I'm want to ride across Illinois next month. Hopefully that will be my next post in this thread.

kraxmel

Got another in this month. Did my first 200K Brevet with the local Randonneuring club.

124.4 miles with 4797 feet of climbing in 7 hrs 53 min.

Michelangelo

Have you tried using a patch (cut a 4 cm x 2 cm rectangle in a worn tire)? You insert the patch between the cut tire and the chambre à air (inner tire?) and you can ride safely home. Just my 2c

Michelangelo

Sorry I did not say "thank-you" before. I just was not watching the thread. I can see you are from Northern California. I rode there (around Palo Alto) during the years 1978 - 1979 during my Stanford years with my first racing bike, now converted to randonneuse. Used it today to go to the clinic get the metal part removed from my left hand. The bicycle is fixed, the ribs are glued back into position. The sole remaining matter is the collarbone which does not seem to desire to glue. Leaving end of this week for the Flèche Paris-Marseille. Don't believe there will be ground for a June century there. Bordeaux-Paris, by June 20, may do it.

znomit

May in the bag.
Took the afternoon off. Rode some new roads, had to keep reasonably close to home as my partner is having a baby next week. June will be interesting. Might try to get it in on sunday if things are not stirring.

6:38 on the bike. Did the rather flat first half in 3hrs but the hills and the cold night slowed things down the second half. Got very very hungry at the 130km point but not for the muesli bars I was carrying.
Had half a chocolate bar and that saw me through.

chipg5

May century #2 done today: 104.04 miles, 14.79 avg, 3000 ft of climbing.
My big mistake: not eating lunch until mile 65 instead of at my original plan, mile 44, and not hydrating enough. Live and learn...

Reynolds 

May century done. It was a split century - 52 km in the morning, came home to watch the Giro, how they suffered at the Mortirolo, ate some vegetable pie, went out again after a 2 hr break and did 110 km. Distance = 162 km. Ride time = 6h 9 min.

The Smokester

Did the May Century at the Great Western Bike Rally last weekend (May 25) with the "Loops Around Paso Robles Century" for 102 miles (some of it in the rain). Also, rode with my club to the Rally from Livermore--224 miles in 3 days of SAG'd luxury.

Reynolds 

June century done today: 170 km, 6 hrs 33 min ride time.

kraxmel

June done (there will be more I'm sure).

101.66 miles
5:39 run time
7:25 total time

Might do another tomorrow.

dobovedo

Well it took me a while, and it ain't a century a month, but at least I have 5 in 5 months. Had a knee strain in the early part of the year that kept my riding pretty much to daily commuting and gradually building back up through March.

April 19: Solo double metric in training for Calvin's Challenge TT
May 3: Cavlin's Challenge 100 mile TT, plus another 16 miles
May 10/11: TOSRV 105 each way, plus another dozen or so
Memorial Day: 66 mile group ride w/ friends bumped up to 100+ miles

ncherry

Created a new century: https://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path...Hook-III148653 (NJ) It turned out to be a great route, we did the rollers of Navesink River Rd, we climbed up to Twin Lights (Light House) and the multi-S turns near the Hofbraugh House in the Highlands. It was cool at the shore but when we came inland it immediately got hot and very humid. We found a few pockets of ozone (I know it when my lungs feel like they've been sun burned). As we road the last 40 miles we were hit by a very strong wind out of the west.We began to suffer a bit from heat sickness. We stopped a lot more than we would normally on a Century and always in a shady area. So that was our day (painful).

Michelangelo

Missed the June century by about 10 km on Saturday 7 June on the flèche Paris-Marseille (the part from Pont du Gard, through Arles, Les Baux de Provence, Salon de Provence arriving at Martigues with a strong North (in the back) wind). 151 km. Will do the century on 20th (and 21st and 22nd as well) June on Bordeaux-Paris-Randonneur as initially planned. I have my train ticket to Bordeaux, just need to do it. Might well be the last Bordeaux-Paris-Randonneur ever. Will report on this later.