So it’s been a fairly long day. Amanda and I have been up since the 4am hour. Amanda and Tania volunteered at the registration/start area this year, instead of their usually manning of a rest stop. They had to be there at 6am. My 62+ mile ride wasn’t scheduled to start until 7:30. I waited around till roughly 6:45, but it was chilly and I didn’t want to keep Amanda and Tania waiting at the finish too long, so I took off on my own, decked out in my ‘08 Trikes team kit.
It took several miles until I warmed up, but I really enjoyed putting in the 100km solo. It was a testament to my continued fitness improvements. A year ago, I couldn’t have done 62 miles on my own, and definitely not in the time and speed I did.
The cue sheet was spot on, and the roads were well marked and the miles just flew by. Luckily, it was cooler today and I was able to make it through the ride without the need for the rest stops. There were three rest stops over the 62 mile course, but with leaving out early, the rest stops were not up and running when I flew by any of them.
As I said before, my fitness has really jumped up in the last year. It was very obvious on the climbs. Some of the ascents that I had before been doing at 10-12 miles per hour, I did this morning at 18-22 miles per hour. While the heat was part of it, I didn’t cramp up at all and had very little pain and discomfort. It was great basically time trialing solo the 100K and was a great confidence booster on my continued success and improvement in the cycling saddle.
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