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First metric (whew!)

Old 05-28-05, 12:14 PM
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First metric (whew!)

Just finished my first metric century about 15 minutes ago. A solo ride with 20mph headwinds! Geesh!

Until now, my personal best was 50 miles on my hybrid. Today I did 66.5 miles on my new OCR2--Wow, what a difference!

Enough braggin'....time to start nappin'.....
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Originally Posted by Dewbert
Just finished my first metric century about 15 minutes ago. A solo ride with 20mph headwinds! Geesh!

Until now, my personal best was 50 miles on my hybrid. Today I did 66.5 miles on my new OCR2--Wow, what a difference!

Enough braggin'....time to start nappin'.....
Congrats.
Your old personal best is my new one as of today.
Any part of you barking by the end of the ride today?
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Originally Posted by Hipcycler
Congrats.
Your old personal best is my new one as of today.
Any part of you barking by the end of the ride today?
Quads were pretty tight and knees were getting a little sore. Mostly, though, I was just tired of the headwind.

Today, I feel pretty good. I think I'm going to set my sights on a full century about 4-5 weeks from now.

Wish me luck!
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Sleep, sleeper ! Next day you may be an eater, followed by a bit of sleep then you're ready to ride again. I did my first century last summer, Hotter-N-Hell in Wichita Falls, TX and it was great. Did a fairly hilly 52 miles yesterday preceded by 18 beers (3 of us) the night before - not a good pre-ride regimen...oops! Good luck on your century ; you'll do great.
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Congrat's Dewbert on a ride well done. Now rest up, and have a great Memorial Day weekend.
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