Monday, August 16, 2010

Cycling the Century-115 Days to go




For cyclist there is a bench mark.
It's called a Century
Biking a 100 miles in the space of a day
For me it was a necessity.
(Why?)
Because the bike portion of the Ironman is 112 miles.
(So, you can do that, right?)
I can, but there is a time cut off. From the beginning of the race, until I get off the bike, I have 10 hours.
I need 90 minutes for the swim and another 10 to get dressed afterwards.
That leaves me 8 hours and 20 minutes.
I have to be averaging 14 miles an hour to make the cut off.
So...
I needed to know if I could do it and how long it would take
(and how much food I would need to carry with me.)



















As for the food:
I can carry 4 water bottles on my bike.
Three have electrolyte solution in them, the forth has a protein/carbohydrate drink in it.
(And solid food?)
Two Cliff Bars in the pocket of my bike shirt. I froze two of my water bottles the night before. As they defrosted, the moisture started blowing on me and I thought it was a raining on me.
(Where did you go?)
I went straight up Teaneck rd until I hit Piermont NY. There I got on 9W.
Up the hilll I climbed, down the other side I went sailing.
At the bottom was the Tappan Zee Bridge.
Continue passed TOGA Bikes onto the Bear Mountain Bridge
(Where you stopped for a picture)
Where I stopped for a picture, before heading onto West Point Military Academy. At the 50 mile mark I turned around and headed home.
That was the route. I left home at 5:45 am and I returned at 2pm. 8 hours, & 15 minutes
(13.6 miles per hour)
There must be a way to get faster...

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