floridamtb

So last week my son and his fiance were coming for Thanksgiving, but not until Friday. Thursday morning I got up and did my group's Turkey Day ride which was a well paced 58 miler at 20MPH avg. I came back from it, made a protein smoothie and kicked back before my shower. As I was drinking my smoothie I was feeling great, still had the legs, the energy and more importantly the desire to go ride. So I figured what the heck, it's only 42 miles I need, so I put on a fresh kit and hit the road. Maintained a 17.8 mph avg in the winds, had a great time, the legs felt great, I felt great and I DID IT in under 5:30 total for the 2 rides. Only thing is my Garmin doesn't show my longest ride at 100 miles but I know the truth. Looking forward to my next "official" century, now maybe I will tackle the pan Florida ride (173 miles) in April with the club. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Tycho Brahe 

Congrats.

I did something similar on Thanksgiving. Nothing else to do, so I wanted to do at least 65 miles to complete the Strava Gran Fondo for November. Mapped out a hilly 75 mile ride. Once I got down to Malibu, I was having such a good time, that I decided to do a slow ride all the way down to Venice (flat, and I normally do not do flats). Once I got there I was already at 70 miles, nowhere close to home. Got closer to home at 88 miles (all on LA streets now, not the secluded hills), why not do a century? Did the additional 12 miles climbing Griffith Park. Total 100.3 miles. Thankfully I did a longer ride, because bad weather (or the threat of) ruined the rest of the weekend.

floridamtb

Dang I wish I could say that, that's all I get without a 4+ hour road trip, but hey I get perfect weather all winter.

Congrats to you as well, sounds like a great ride. I miss Cali, I spent 7 years in San Jose stationed at Moffett Field

practical

I'm so jealous.

Dan333SP

Kudos! Given how much I ended up eating on Thanksgiving, I'm wishing I did an accidental century that morning too

Psimet2001 

First one is always a good feeling...hell all of them feel good. Congrats and go for the longer ride. I remember back in the day going direct from doing centuries to 160 mile rides and not really noticing a difference. When you have the stamina for 5-6 hours of riding you can pretty much ride as long as you want. Just comes down to food at that point.

trailangel

So you took a shower and put on new clothes?
Tell us more about the shower.

floridamtb

I didn't shower, you weren't paying attention lol

Da Reef

Nice work.

Jiggle

Yeah, the best centuries are when around the 60 mile mark you start feeling like a god in the saddle. The power really comes in. You hammer all the way past a 100 and only stop because you want to leave something for the wife in the evening.

B1KE

LOL
Epic reply.

Sy Reene

Sorry no.. if you do a clothing change, the ride is done; anything after is completely separate.

Bassmanbob

Great job!