You've got to watch these DAer’s or some day you will wake and see your name in a mass email as a ride coordinator.
Actually it worked out pretty good - me, Peter and 6 women (that’s right 6 women) met at the DA store at 6:00 and believe it or not everyone was on time. We left around 6:15 and headed South into the meat of a rain storm. Fortunately the rained stopped as we neared Italy.
We met up with 4 or 5 more DAer’s and got our packets and headed for the start line. I really liked the open start (from 8 -9). This was a first for me and made the start much less crowded and rushed, we actually started closer to 8:30. The group decided on the 50 mile route.
I experimented with something different on this ride. 50 miles no rest stops or stops of any kind. I had 2 bottles of Accelerade, a Camel back of water and rode by myself as if I were in a triathlon - no drafting even when the opportunity presented itself. After a few miles the rain came down pretty good. Not hard enough to stop you but it got your attention. Only lasted a few miles and the rest of the ride was pleasant.
50 miles - 2:46 which puts me well inside of 3 hours for the HH100, but realistically with the heat, double the distance and knowing that you have to have several rest stops I still need to speed up.
Average speed 17.5 mph. One big advantage of the HH100 will be drafting.
2 comments:
50 miles - 1:46! I think you could ride with Lance Armstrong.
I knew I was fast.
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