Century Ride

[MIKEK]

Just thought the world ought to know. 7 months ago I was 300 lbs now 243. Did my first 101.1 mile ride Saturday followed by a 29 mile recovery on Sunday.

The iSport aka the gadget allowed me to monitor my watts and conserve energy during the ride. Ate 3.5 peanut butter / Nutello samies - one Snickers, drank 6 liters of water and loss 2.5 lbs. Ride went well. After 70 it was mostly mental, at 80 it was circle feet - repeat. At 90 was "this is stupid". 4 miles out still chugging. Pulling into the driveway, my guts were puking through my shoulder blades.

Who's given odds I'll do this again next week?

[bex]

Awesome!
I run my first marathon in May then it's my intension to do the 100 mile bike ride.
Thanks for posting.

Bex

[redherring10]

To MIKEK and Bex:

My congratulations to you both for your accomplishment (actual and planned). For your note, I heard somewhere that there is an approximate 5:1 distance ratio for cycling vs. running benefit. That is, as far as cardio workout, muscular exercise (work expended), calorie consumption and overall physical benefit, it is about the same to cycle for 5 miles vs. run for one mile. This also assumes equivalent efficiencies for the runner and cyclist (fitness level, form, etc.). The main difference, then, between cycling a century vs. running a marathon is the beating one takes by pounding the pavement for several hours vs. spinning those chainrings.

Interesting, no?

Keep it up - you're both great examples of what people can do (in spite of how much physical and mental torment is required to get there).