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Well done 👏👏
Well done on a super effort. I did get out for a couple of hours this afternoon which most probably wouldn’t have happened without your post.
Bask in your glory,you’ve certainly earned it!
Excellent effort sir! Good work and we’ll done
100 miles on the road is hard, never mind venturing off.
Fair play mate.
Would like to here about your recovery/physical and mental state over the next few days.That's the bit I would struggle with.How are you going about it?
Is he alive?
ah apologies just woken up
@monkeycmonkeydo tbh am just going to be sitting on my arse playing on the console (surfing the web etc) as i usually do.
am def feeling it today in my sit bones and dead leg feeling,but it's not too bad tbh.
just taking it easy tbh.
thank you all for the support and advice,it definitely helped for sure 👍
i hope to go out on a ride monday-tuesday on my mtb but can say for certain it won't be 100 miles lol.
Good work. How long a gap would there need to be for this to qualify as two rides not one big one?
@corroded being honest it was two seperate rides (i had a gap of 11-12 hours between the 2 rides).
i hope to try and do a 100 miler in one go one day if i can.
Any plans for active recovery today/tomorrow?I bet your eating for England!Perhaps a bit of a sunbathe might help with the old muscle aches.I tend to use a massage thing and some ibuprofen gel on the sore bits.Works for me.
It's a long time in the saddle so use chamois cream. Take electrolyte tablets to help with cramp. Eat and drink little and often. Stop for a rest and stretch every 20-25 miles. Theres no shame in walking any steep bits plus it helps with stretching out the old hamstrings.
Cafe/pub/ice cream van stops are what really makes long rides for me.
Try to smile as much as you can and try to enjoy it even the really hard bits.
I'd say good luck but you don't need luck, you'll be just fine. 👍
in all honesty no active recovery just sitting and watching yt,playing on console etc.
i definitely wouldn't recommend how i do things though. people's advice here is a lot more sensible and will make it a lot better for doing stuff like this (i didn't really eat much when riding),and need to remedy that/learn how to eat whilst riding.have never been good at doing that tbh.
i need to take my own advice and do what people recommend about cycling distance. i know i'm an idiot lol.
I'd recommend trying an Audax if you want to know how best to pace a century. They are cheap as chips and you get badges for completing them. They're nothing like sportives (much more relaxed) and are ridden by quite a few older folk who can cycle some serious distances at a rather lovely pace. They have set cafe stops too.
Check them out for an event near you.
https://audax.uk/choose-a-ride/calendar-events/
Raceface. Just getting my bearings. Were you at the Bath end of the Bristol Bath cycleway at around 10am on Friday?
@rollindoughnut no it wasn't me,i was asleep at that time and never headed as far as bath.just to bradford on avon.
Ah. I met someone else who was attempting their first century then. Wonder how he got on.
Splendid effort, even more so as you consider yourself out of shape. 100 miles and 9 hours in the saddle takes physical and mental effort full stop. Chapeau.
Hats off to you, what a great effort.
Rest easy and have a beer the morra