100 mile personal best
On Oct. 17 I set a personal best cycling 100 miles on a road bike in 5 hours, 16 minutes, 33 seconds. My previous 100 mile PB was 5:57:00 in 2008. I was alone most of the way and I avoided paceline groups--no drafting...
At my body weight that amounts to burning a little over 4000 calories so taking on fuel and water was critical. Feed zones were at roughly every 25 miles plus one at about 80. They had several kinds of fruit, cookies, candy bars, crackers, sports drinks, water, and so on.
The event was the Spaghetti 100--an organized event winding through north Florida and south Georgia. This year about 260 cycling addicts showed up. It is not an official race so anyone can try it. It was hard but I had a blast besting myself. At the finish they had massage therapists for anybody who wanted. Two of them went to work on me--this was absolutely necessary and it felt really good too...
On Oct. 17 I set a personal best cycling 100 miles on a road bike in 5 hours, 16 minutes, 33 seconds. My previous 100 mile PB was 5:57:00 in 2008. I was alone most of the way and I avoided paceline groups--no drafting...
At my body weight that amounts to burning a little over 4000 calories so taking on fuel and water was critical. Feed zones were at roughly every 25 miles plus one at about 80. They had several kinds of fruit, cookies, candy bars, crackers, sports drinks, water, and so on.
The event was the Spaghetti 100--an organized event winding through north Florida and south Georgia. This year about 260 cycling addicts showed up. It is not an official race so anyone can try it. It was hard but I had a blast besting myself. At the finish they had massage therapists for anybody who wanted. Two of them went to work on me--this was absolutely necessary and it felt really good too...
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It is so peaceful being in the water. 
