Originally Posted by Phil85207

Well I did the 104 mile Tour de Safford race and it wasted me. In the excitement I forgot to start the Garmin until I finally saw no miles were on it at about 15 miles into the race. Right from the start the wind was 10 MPH and as the day went on increased to 20 and gusting more. I did finish in but in "last place" #132 place I think, out of 340. I am not sure about the numbers, but I think they are close. The course had long up grades from 3 to 6% that went on for miles. I was told the grade from Duncon to Safford was 17 miles, before descending, and battling 20 MPH winds was more than this old man wanted. At about mile 75 I used a porto potty and a gust of wind nearly blew it over. I yelled and spun around spraying the door, an aid worker yelled back "I got it".
The worst part was at mile 99.5 when I was looking at a 7+% accent for just over 1/4 mile. I had to walk it as I was out of gas.
Thyroid dosage issues has lowered my Max Sustainable HR to 130, if you can believe it. That mean that I was on the verge of being anaerobic for around 95% of the race. I am not going to do the 109 mile Tour de Tucson in two weeks, I need to get my MSHR back up first. Thanks for letting me cry a little.

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