Originally Posted by
noglider
Here are my tracks, complete with speed and elevation graphs. They include the 4 miles from my home (in High Falls) to the ride's start. Funny, on my commute, I average 12 mph, and on this ride, I averaged 14 mph. I guess with all that company, I challenged myself without even knowing it. I'm capable of more than I thought.
I thought I was ill prepared because I hardly ever take a long ride these days. (I define a long ride as 30 miles or more.) But I wasn't ill prepared at all!
Given how relatively fresh I felt at the end, I'd say that if I wanted to ride 100 miles in a day, I could do it, but that's not saying it would be easy. I noticed my legs didn't have quite the oomph at the end that they had in the beginning. I'd say my ideal very-long-ride length would be 75 miles.
Congratulation! Sure doesn't look like an easy ride from the track and elevation gain and lost and the distance in between them. I would like to try something like this some day, just to see my level of fitness.
I'm here in Thalahasse visiting my son and brought my commuter with me. Some killer hills in town! Had to use gears I never used before in south Florida! I like it! Makes for slower commute but the up and down adds a level of fun.