RubenX 

I planned to make a century attempt but when I woke up at 1pm I knew there was no time for that, not at my speeds anyway. However, I rode till it got too dark to see the road.

New Distance Record: 75.3 miles.
(old one was 60.2)

New Saddle Time Record: 6:09:07 (h:mm:ss)
(last one was 5 hours 52 minutes)

I got home with no cramps, no saddle issues (butt is getting conditioned at last), legs still strong and a little pain in the shoulders/neck. I'm sure, I could have done the extra 25mi if I had more daylight time (or a nice Dinotte).

I carried 4 bottles of water, bought a 5th along the way, and 4 granola bars of 100calories each. Doing the math from the time I left to the time I came back, minus the time riding, I estimate I used around 45 minutes on breaks.

Regardless if I didn't made the hundred, 75mi per gallon of water is pretty good. I'm happy.

DrPete 

Congrats, man. Always fun to set new PR's.

thebarerider

The real question is why did you wake up at 1pm?

Szczuldo

agreed, better off waking up at 6 in the morning and leaving by 8 or 9. Not to mention it would've been so damn hot within a couple of hours of you leaving.

RubenX 

I am excused from waking up early in the morning because I work nights. I'm not used to be awake in the mornings. When the sun goes up, I'm the first gargoyle to turn into stone.

Breaking records feels good indeed. Right when I past my record mark, I imagined somebody shooting blanks... like in The Flying Scotsman.