Wow! Why recumbents? Why not time trial bike? Is it all about the comfort level for that length of time? I'm kind'a liking the feet first idea. :) (Might save some teeth. Don't have that many left. Ha!) kp
From: Lucas <[email protected]> To: CyclistsOfWilson-COWs <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 1:22 PM Subject: [COWs] Re: 600K Ride Report! While I was goofing off in Lumberton Saturday this chic was throwing down. She left out before we did to get a jump on the wind conditions. http://ultraracenews.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/female-12-hour-record-falls-again/ It took me 16 hours to get 250 miles, and I drafted. I also stopped for lunch! On Oct 10, 11:31 am, Lucas <[email protected]> wrote: > I met up with about 30 riders in Lumberton Sat. morning for more > insanity. 15 of the 30 were riding the 600, 6 were riding a 1000K, > the rest, on shorter rides. I didn’t know any of the other 600K > riders as they were all from out of state. Florida, Georgia, Jersey, > Pennsylvania, etc. I did have 4 friends riding the 1000K and we > shared the same route for the first 380 miles. > I pace the group for the first 12 miles at 18 mph keeping most of > the group together; then I socialize back in the pack for a while. As > the pace quickens there are now only 7 of us out front. My friends > Tom & Mary Florian and my buddy Ian are still there. Mary having > biked RAAM this year and Tom whom is also RAAM qualified is guaranteed > to keep the pace up. We stop for lunch in Wallace around mile 85. > The second group didn’t stop and passed us. Tom doesn’t like second > so we give chase as Tom and I keep rotating on the front keeping the > pace 20+. At the 200K control we’re back in front and everyone takes > a long break while Ian and I cruise out at an easy pace for a while. > One guy is ahead of us as he never stopped for food. Tom, Mary and 2 > others finally run us down 50 miles later around mile 175. For the > next 75 miles our 6 pack stay together cruising between 18 and 20 > mph. At mile 240 I’m getting sleepy so I drift off the back and do > some sprints to catch up. They slow the pace thinking I’m tired so I > try another strategy. I take the lead and pull the last 10 miles into > Shallotte at 20+. At 1:00 am, mile 255 in Shallotte Ian and I stop > for fuel at Waffle House as they are the only restaurant open rando > hours. The other 4 head for Sunset Beach for showers and sleep, and > we join them there 30 min. later. > Everyone aims for 2 to 4 hours of sleep, except I whom just sits back > on the couch for an hour dozing on and off while others arrive. > Finally I head out around 3:45 am by myself. I’m tired and slow. I > stop at a church with picnic tables for another 30 min. nap. I also > used this church for a nap on the 1200K. I am riding into the wind at > an embarrassing slow pace. If I stop pedaling I’ll fall over for > sure. I’m thinking I’m still in front of everyone else but arriving > in Tabor City there is a bike there. This dude Jim has gotten no > sleep and passed me while I was dozing. He is on a recumbent bike. > We head out together but now that we lost the headwind I’m riding a > little faster. > At mile 323 my Garmin battery is about gone so I pull over into a > church parking lot to get it changed. I have a stuff sac that I keep > everything in and cram that into my oversized saddle bag. I lay that > on the ground and dig out the batteries. Jim rides by, so I quickly > get those batteries in and give chase. 7 miles later at the next > control I go for my stuff sac and it’s not there. I left the bag on > the ground 7 miles back, 330 miles into the ride, dang it, Dang it, > DANG it. I was gonna just leave it and hope I didn’t have a flat tire > on the last 50 miles but then I remembered the $80 bicycle light in > the bag. Then I also remembered my jeep keys were in the bag as well > so being the first rider back was not an option. I just hope the bag > is still there. The church lot is now filled with cars since I left > as its 10:00am Sunday morning. No bag where I left it so I go in and > chat with the welcome lady in the foyer. She then finds the guy who > found my bag and all is well. All I lost was having to cycle 14 bonus > miles. > Mile 345 to the last control at mile 365 was headwinds and 25mph > gust. I think I cried a couple of times and had to get off the bike a > couple times and walk around a bit. Finally the last control and 30 > miles back to Lumberton with mostly tailwinds. All smiles now as I’m > cruising for home. I end up with 395 miles in 30 hours and 50 > minutes. Two guys finish up before me and another rides in about 30 > minutes later. I shower and head for home in time for dinner. 685 > miles from Sunday to Sunday. Very, very tired! That was the last big > ride for 2011. I’ll still knock down a few 200K’s to try and keep my > position in total kilometers in RUSA events. I’ll start with another > 200K on Saturday. Yoo-hoo! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en.
