Complete text -- "Century FAIL"
17 August
Century FAIL
[Revised and expanded from some other site that doesn't even let you write a carriage return.]Century FAIL.
I thought I had a pretty good shot at it, but my legs started threatening mutiny a little past mile 60 and I wound up at just around 64.25. On the other hand, that's more than 100 km, so, metric century win.
The rest of the ledger looks like this:
- Passed at least 10 times more people than passed me, and the latter were, to a man, decked out in full douchebag cyclist regalia, so most likely they've been training (+).
- "Turtled" once early on when I clipped out of the wrong pedal(!) before stopping and went down like a $5 whore on rent day (-).
- Beat my goal for average speed (by 0.005 MPH[!] - the issue was in doubt up to the very end; really had to find out who I was in the last quarter mile) (+).
- Lost my favorite cap (----).
I blame the heat. And also, I shouldn't have tried to take route 7 to Winchester. Colossal, hulking hills and narrow shoulders. Maybe I'll give it another go in early autumn.
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wasoxygen wrote:
A century in any unit longer than a stone's throw is a feat in my book. You provided but one unknown, not enough to solve d=rt, can we get another? If you passed all those lycra laggards, r must have been over 20.
There are plenty of <a href="http://www.myoan.net/biking/jargon.html">ways</a> to describe an involuntary dismount, but I can't find mention of "turtling."
There are plenty of <a href="http://www.myoan.net/biking/jargon.html">ways</a> to describe an involuntary dismount, but I can't find mention of "turtling."
08/17/09 19:32:34
wasoxygen wrote:
Blah blah blah.
08/17/09 19:34:10
RWH wrote:
Oh, r was well under 20; my goal was rather modest, given my recent lack of distance training. Tackling those monster hills out west dropped the average quite a bit before I gave up on getting all the way to Winchester, and I haven't yet mastered downing water and gel packs at speed, so I lost some time there as well. Also, there's lots of slowing/stopping where the trail crosses roads, which drops it even further.
It may be that "turtling" is a lie someone told me or something I misheard. Not going to try to find out. Basically I clipped my right foot out, then - like an utter, utter dork - leaned left to dismount with my left foot still firmly clipped in. It was ugly and sad, but fortunately no one was close enough for me to be in danger of getting run over.
It may be that "turtling" is a lie someone told me or something I misheard. Not going to try to find out. Basically I clipped my right foot out, then - like an utter, utter dork - leaned left to dismount with my left foot still firmly clipped in. It was ugly and sad, but fortunately no one was close enough for me to be in danger of getting run over.
08/17/09 21:47:31
wasoxygen wrote:
Where were you posting that doesn't allow carriage returns -- Twitter?
The FJU community would also like to know how you felt in the days after the century, if it does not require especially revealing Ben Gay anecdotes to say.
The FJU community would also like to know how you felt in the days after the century, if it does not require especially revealing Ben Gay anecdotes to say.
08/20/09 16:14:19
RWH wrote:
I believe you've already sussed out the answer to your first question. Hint: it's lame, but not quite as lame as twitter.
As to the second, there were no real ill effects. The non-douchey "baggy" cycling shorts I bought have taken care of the worst of the saddle irritation, and I'm now in decent enough shape overall that I don't get much/any lasting muscle soreness from longish rides. I expect even doing a true century wouldn't put me out of action for more than an hour or two recovery time.
As to the second, there were no real ill effects. The non-douchey "baggy" cycling shorts I bought have taken care of the worst of the saddle irritation, and I'm now in decent enough shape overall that I don't get much/any lasting muscle soreness from longish rides. I expect even doing a true century wouldn't put me out of action for more than an hour or two recovery time.
08/24/09 20:13:40
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