First Metric Century!

[The Historian]

I completed my first metric century bike ride in Delaware yesterday.
All total, I rode 69 miles in 5 hours 45 minutes. Rolling speed was
slightly over 12 MPH. I'm very tired! :-)

Neil
385/245/220

[Chris Smith]

The Historian wrote:
> I completed my first metric century bike ride in Delaware yesterday.
> All total, I rode 69 miles in 5 hours 45 minutes. Rolling speed was
> slightly over 12 MPH. I'm very tired! :-)
>
> Neil
> 385/245/220
>

Well done! Not a bad time either - what was the terrain like, flat/hilly
or rolling?

I once managed a 100 in 3:58 but that was pretty flat.

This weekend, I took part in a group ride rehearsing the Dunwich Dynamo
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunwich_Dynamo) which is to be held at the
end of July. The weather on Saturday night was dreadful - heavy rain,
strong winds - yuk!

I rode to the station and got the train to London, and then rode home
from Dunwich afterwards - a round trip including the London/Dunwich ride
itself of 320km. I too was tired, more so from the missed night's sleep
than anything. The great thing about the Dunwich Run is it ends, first
thing in the morning, at a Cafe on the beach - where you can get a HUGE
(and given the ride you've just done, completely GUILT FREE) fry-up
breakfast. You can then have a nice leisurely swim in the North Sea
(temperature this time of year, 11c!!) before riding home

If you're at all like me - you're going to find long distance cycling
really really addictive...

--
Chris

[determined]

"The Historian" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected] ups.com...
>I completed my first metric century bike ride in Delaware yesterday.
> All total, I rode 69 miles in 5 hours 45 minutes. Rolling speed was
> slightly over 12 MPH. I'm very tired! :-)
>
> Neil
> 385/245/220

Wow! That's an accomplishment! My husband and I did 56 miles on Saturday
around Mt Adams in Washington state. It was beautiful, and just the right
temp. I was pretty shot afterwards. I didn't think a 2500' elevation
sounded like all that much... But I was wrong! I was wasted the rest of
the weekend.

[The Queen of Cans and Jars]

The Historian <[email protected]> wrote:

> I completed my first metric century bike ride in Delaware yesterday.
> All total, I rode 69 miles in 5 hours 45 minutes. Rolling speed was
> slightly over 12 MPH. I'm very tired! :-)

Congratulations, Neil! What a fantastic achievement.

[Chris]

On Jul 2, 8:36 am, The Historian <neil.thehistor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I completed my first metric century bike ride in Delaware yesterday.
> All total, I rode 69 miles in 5 hours 45 minutes. Rolling speed was
> slightly over 12 MPH. I'm very tired! :-)
>
> Neil
> 385/245/220

Boy, have you come a long way! Good for you!

Chris
262/130s/130s

[Beverly]

On Jul 2, 8:36 am, The Historian <neil.thehistor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I completed my first metric century bike ride in Delaware yesterday.
> All total, I rode 69 miles in 5 hours 45 minutes. Rolling speed was
> slightly over 12 MPH. I'm very tired! :-)
>
> Neil
> 385/245/220

Congratulations Neil !

This is a great milestone for cyclist. I'm sure the imperial century
is just around the corner.

Beverly

[Cynthia P]

On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 05:36:57 -0700, The Historian wrote:

> I completed my first metric century bike ride in Delaware yesterday.
> All total, I rode 69 miles in 5 hours 45 minutes. Rolling speed was
> slightly over 12 MPH. I'm very tired! :-)
>

Congrats! Tired is an OK thing to be after that!

--
Cynthia
262/238.5/152