Time 6:32.
I could not make it in under 6:00 hours. For the first 60 miles to Hell’s Gate my average was 19.5 mph with one short
stop. I made Hell’s Gate by 10:30. I was very satisfied with the effort. After Hell’s Gate life got a little harder.
Three main reasons - 1. the heat, later in the day things start to warm up, 2. the wind, the last 30ish miles have a
head wind, 3. you’ve just ridden 60 hard miles. The first 60 miles one short stop . . . the last 40 miles 3 stops with
each longer than the previous. Ended up with a 17.5 mph average. I am satisfied with that overall average.
If I could have skip some reststop my time would have been much better, but believe me - I only stopped because I
had to.
The HH100 is a grueling event. It is much more enjoyable after it is over. Hanging out with all of the Dallas Athletes
after the ride was great. Beer, hot dogs and stories.
This was my second and I will diffidently make this a yearly event, but one 100 miler a year is enough for this old man.
The ribs - my biggest concern was whether my bruised ribs would stop me. I was not sure that I could spend 6+ hours on a bike. Fortunately the ribs never got worse throughout the ride. Always sore but not too bad. I could not take "real" deep breaths, and tried hard not get out of breath. I kept my RPMs very high, almost alway over 100. I figure about 32,000 revolutions for the whole ride. I went for a short run/walk on Sunday. Now I have to see if I can swim.
Texas Man here I come?
4 comments:
Congrats. I am very envious. It was hard to pass but I probably could not have ridden (even if I had a bike). I am going to my doctor tomorrow to check out my ribs. They have to be bruised (not coming around much) and I need to make sure I am not causing damage with training. Some pain I can endure - although some more pain meds would work too.
Sounds like the ride and hanging out with the DA folks was a blast. Well i guess there is always next year.
I know that you would have had a great time or as good at time that can be had riding a 100 miles in August and David did a great job.
My wreck was 20 days ago and there is still some pain. The worse part is the lack of training. If I do the TexasMan (which I probable will) I will have to look at it as part of the training for the Open and really control my effort. Open water swim - got to get a couple in before the race.
Next year we will have a HH100 bet.
What is the over/under on both of us getting to the START of the HHH next year? Getting old sucks! (Wrecks too)
My doc said today that bruised ribs are usually 3-4 weeks minimum to heal with pain the whole time. On the good side no damage done by training through it.
Congrats! Good to hear you made it and were not bothered by the ribs. TexasMan-watch out!
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