khatfull

101 mile ride yesterday:

https://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united...25280711051340

Ride was departing at 6:45a, hence the name Sunday Sunrise Solitude. I got up late, ended up rushing out the door...and forgot my two prepped 24oz. water bottles! Fortunately I had a 16oz bottle in the car from something else, whew. Don't even remember why it was there. We were leaving from a restaurant so I filled that bottle and asked for some salt, and got a few of those to go packets. Not ideal, but better than nothing.

Was an A/B club ride....and the ride leader kept it to that advertised 16mph average. By the time we got to the first stop at mile 28 (the decision point for the length options) I was only on a 16.5 average, the slowest of any club ride I've yet taken! The ride had loops of 62, 79, 101, and 151 miles. Three opted for the 62 and two others and I went out for the 101. Well, the two others decided they had a lot more time so at mile 50 they broke off to complete the 151 mile loop, leaving me to do the final 51 solo. I couldn't take the time to do the 151.

I had to stop often to fill that little bottle wherever I could and the salt wasn't particularly working for me but again better than nothing I suppose. I ended the ride in 5:45 clock time, about 5:30 riding for about an 18.5mph average on the computer. I didn't think that too bad for all the quick stops to fill that damned bottle, half of it solo, and the horrifically slow first 28 miles.

Lessons learned:

1) Get up on time so one doesn't have to rush and forget things best not forgotten.
2) Keep an extra bottle or two stashed in the car in case one doesn't do #1.
3) Getting some powdered electrolyte mix and stashing it with #2 would probably be even better.

Jakedatc

I'm all kinds of OCD about having things ready for the sunday group ride i do. I put my bike, shoes, helmet etc in the car the night before.. along with floor pump and spare tube.

If you have an Ocean State job lot near you they have had PowerBar Endurance powder on sale for 2$ for 52 x 8oz servings lemon/lime and fruit punch flavors. Cheap enough to have a canister in your trunk or whatever.

Machka 

That's OK ... I set off on the Boston-Montreal-Boston 1200K with both bottles on board, and with my sport drink powder in one ... but no water in either. Can't drink powder!! Not only that, but I'd forgotten to bring my gloves. I don't know what was going on with me on that ride. Normally I'm so much more organized before long rides than that.