2004 goals = done!
12-30-04, 07:31 PM
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I'm not sure when I decided but at some point this year, I told myself that I would ride 200km in a day, solo b/c no one I know wants to ride with me 
So today, with a 8:20am start time, in low 40 degree average temp (was in the high 30s when I started), I rode, and rode, and rode, and then rode more and eventually hit 200km (actually, I go in miles so 125.5 to be exact but 200km sounds more impressive). To sum up the ride, if someone had offered me a ride home at mile 100, I would have taken it. But no one did so I finished. Time for the ride is unimportant to me (and I was slow which makes it less important). It was more the mental and physical struggle I had to go through to actually finish something that I knew I was doing for no other reason than I told myself to do it. And I did. Now back to eating.
So today, with a 8:20am start time, in low 40 degree average temp (was in the high 30s when I started), I rode, and rode, and rode, and then rode more and eventually hit 200km (actually, I go in miles so 125.5 to be exact but 200km sounds more impressive). To sum up the ride, if someone had offered me a ride home at mile 100, I would have taken it. But no one did so I finished. Time for the ride is unimportant to me (and I was slow which makes it less important). It was more the mental and physical struggle I had to go through to actually finish something that I knew I was doing for no other reason than I told myself to do it. And I did. Now back to eating.
12-30-04, 07:34 PM
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I'm going to have an extra beer for you! That's very cool. I love it when people ask "why" when you tell them something like that ... afterall, it's a case of "why not" rather than "why".
12-30-04, 07:39 PM
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Excellent! Congratulations.
Now is the time to set a goal for 2005 - say a double non-metric century? Sunday would be good for that.
Happy new year.
55/Rad
Now is the time to set a goal for 2005 - say a double non-metric century? Sunday would be good for that.
Happy new year.
55/Rad
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12-30-04, 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by 55/Rad
Excellent! Congratulations.
Now is the time to set a goal for 2005 - say a double non-metric century? Sunday would be good for that.
Happy new year.
55/Rad
Now is the time to set a goal for 2005 - say a double non-metric century? Sunday would be good for that.
Happy new year.
55/Rad
Macman, I do a lot of things that the only answer when asked why, is why not. Makes life more interesting. Glad somebody out there understand
Enjoy that beer. I'll be pouring a few Guinesses for myself in a bit.
12-30-04, 10:15 PM
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I did a similar ride back in college, around Halloween weekend. I headed out and back on two parallel highways (low traffic). Unfortunately there was a tailwind on the way out that day. The first sixty or so miles were done in about three hours. The return trip in to the headwind was more like 5 hours! I was pretty cooked at the end, but I enjoyed it. That's still my longest ride ever.
Congratulations on the accomplishment. That took a truckload of determination to do in December, especially by yourself. For what it's worth, I totally agree with the "why not?" mentality described above. So, have a Guinness or ten for me - why not?
Congratulations on the accomplishment. That took a truckload of determination to do in December, especially by yourself. For what it's worth, I totally agree with the "why not?" mentality described above. So, have a Guinness or ten for me - why not?
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