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06-16-2004, 10:12 AM

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:24:01 -0400, Roger Zoul wrote:
> Hieronymus wrote:
>:: "Neil Cherry" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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>::: I'm feeling pretty good (and still really hungery!) after riding
>::: what I'm told is an easy double century. It's run by the Central
>::: Jersey
>::: Bike Club (NJ, USA) and it's called the Longest Day (it's held near
>::: the summer equinox). It's really kind of funny because if you talk
>::: to people who are not cyclist (and a few who are) they hear '207
>::: miles in one day' and think your nuts. Talk to people who have
>::: ridden doubles
>::: and they'll poo-poo it as being easy. Uhm, it's still 200 and 7
>::: miles :-). Anyway this is my fourth time doing this and I'd
>::: completed it
>::: with an average rolling speed of 15.6, 16.2, 16.8 and Saturday's
>::: 17.7 mph! Now the story I'm about to tell is from my point of view,
>::: none of the names are change but I may exaggerate the truth a bit.
>::: I'll just blame it delirium from too many mile and not enough food.
>::: Snippage..
>::
>::
>:: This story is one of the things that makes me glad there is this
>:: newsgroup. Thank you for your wonderful story of your wonderful ride.
>:: Ride On,
>:: Hieronymus
>
> This story makes me eager to work up to being about to do a 200-mile ride
> like that. I'm just green with envy!

I think Double Centuries are easy to ride as long as you do the proper
training. Now I could go out and just ride a double without training
if I were lucky. But I would pay for it for weeks afterwards. I had
2500 base miles this year. I did all kinds of weather (except snow,
not much call for that in June on this ride :-) and started with
Saturday 30 mile rides and training on the rollers. One thing to
remember I seem to be able to ignore a certain amount of pain so I can
push harder. I can't ignore lack of strength or endurance. Sometime to
be a cyclist is to enjoy pain. ;-)

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06-16-2004, 10:27 AM

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 15:25:43 GMT, Claire Petersky wrote:
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>> I'm feeling pretty good (and still really hungry!)
>
> Congrats! Nothing like doing a double.

> You'll probably be hungry for a couple of days.

Strangly enough you're correct but I haven't wanted to eat (doesn't
sound right does it). I was actually slightly dehydrated for 2 days
afterward which was weird since I drank 450 oz of fluid that day. The
following days were my usual tea, orange juice, gatordade, &
soda. During the ride I ate a little (especially considering the
miles) and nothing sweet! On long rides (over 70 miles) I become
sensitive to sweet food like Fig Newtons. I tend to water the Gatorade
down to about 60% though I can tolerate it full strenght.

Oh, I did lose weight around my hips but not off the love handles. My
jeans keep slipping down but the handles still measure in at 37". That
is wider than my hips so I have what looks like a MTN bike spare sube
around my middle. Skinny except for there, rats!

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06-16-2004, 10:27 AM

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 15:25:43 GMT, Claire Petersky wrote:
> "Neil Cherry" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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>> I'm feeling pretty good (and still really hungry!)
>
> Congrats! Nothing like doing a double.

> You'll probably be hungry for a couple of days.

Strangly enough you're correct but I haven't wanted to eat (doesn't
sound right does it). I was actually slightly dehydrated for 2 days
afterward which was weird since I drank 450 oz of fluid that day. The
following days were my usual tea, orange juice, gatordade, &
soda. During the ride I ate a little (especially considering the
miles) and nothing sweet! On long rides (over 70 miles) I become
sensitive to sweet food like Fig Newtons. I tend to water the Gatorade
down to about 60% though I can tolerate it full strenght.

Oh, I did lose weight around my hips but not off the love handles. My
jeans keep slipping down but the handles still measure in at 37". That
is wider than my hips so I have what looks like a MTN bike spare sube
around my middle. Skinny except for there, rats!

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06-16-2004, 10:27 AM

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 15:25:43 GMT, Claire Petersky wrote:
> "Neil Cherry" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
> news:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]...
>> I'm feeling pretty good (and still really hungry!)
>
> Congrats! Nothing like doing a double.

> You'll probably be hungry for a couple of days.

Strangly enough you're correct but I haven't wanted to eat (doesn't
sound right does it). I was actually slightly dehydrated for 2 days
afterward which was weird since I drank 450 oz of fluid that day. The
following days were my usual tea, orange juice, gatordade, &
soda. During the ride I ate a little (especially considering the
miles) and nothing sweet! On long rides (over 70 miles) I become
sensitive to sweet food like Fig Newtons. I tend to water the Gatorade
down to about 60% though I can tolerate it full strenght.

Oh, I did lose weight around my hips but not off the love handles. My
jeans keep slipping down but the handles still measure in at 37". That
is wider than my hips so I have what looks like a MTN bike spare sube
around my middle. Skinny except for there, rats!

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06-16-2004, 10:27 AM

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 15:25:43 GMT, Claire Petersky wrote:
> "Neil Cherry" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
> news:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]...
>> I'm feeling pretty good (and still really hungry!)
>
> Congrats! Nothing like doing a double.

> You'll probably be hungry for a couple of days.

Strangly enough you're correct but I haven't wanted to eat (doesn't
sound right does it). I was actually slightly dehydrated for 2 days
afterward which was weird since I drank 450 oz of fluid that day. The
following days were my usual tea, orange juice, gatordade, &
soda. During the ride I ate a little (especially considering the
miles) and nothing sweet! On long rides (over 70 miles) I become
sensitive to sweet food like Fig Newtons. I tend to water the Gatorade
down to about 60% though I can tolerate it full strenght.

Oh, I did lose weight around my hips but not off the love handles. My
jeans keep slipping down but the handles still measure in at 37". That
is wider than my hips so I have what looks like a MTN bike spare sube
around my middle. Skinny except for there, rats!

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06-16-2004, 10:27 AM

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 15:25:43 GMT, Claire Petersky wrote:
> "Neil Cherry" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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>> I'm feeling pretty good (and still really hungry!)
>
> Congrats! Nothing like doing a double.

> You'll probably be hungry for a couple of days.

Strangly enough you're correct but I haven't wanted to eat (doesn't
sound right does it). I was actually slightly dehydrated for 2 days
afterward which was weird since I drank 450 oz of fluid that day. The
following days were my usual tea, orange juice, gatordade, &
soda. During the ride I ate a little (especially considering the
miles) and nothing sweet! On long rides (over 70 miles) I become
sensitive to sweet food like Fig Newtons. I tend to water the Gatorade
down to about 60% though I can tolerate it full strenght.

Oh, I did lose weight around my hips but not off the love handles. My
jeans keep slipping down but the handles still measure in at 37". That
is wider than my hips so I have what looks like a MTN bike spare sube
around my middle. Skinny except for there, rats!

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06-16-2004, 10:39 AM

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 15:46:49 -0700, LioNiNoiL_a t_Ne t s c a pE_D 0 T_Ne T wrote:
>> Talk to people who have ridden doubles and they'll
>> poo-poo it as being easy.
>
> I know a number of double-century riders, and none of them has ever
> poo-pood any 200-mile ride, to my knowledge. Good ride report, Neil!

I couple of folks told me it was too easy. But I also know people who
are doing Boston-Montreal-Boston and they were as excited as I was
about doing it. Now doing brevets sounds like torture. ;-) But for now
I promised my wife only short rides (nothing over 120 miles in one day
;-).

And for those who are wondering, yes once you start doing longer rides
your idea of what a short ride is changes. My Saturday club rides will
now be between 65 and 100 for the rest of the summer. It just depends
how lost I want to get from where I start. An after work ride is now
35 - 40 miles. It also helps that my speeds are up as that means 65 -
100 is 3.5 - 5.5 hours (with stops & no hills) and 35 - 40 miles is
less than 2 hours (no stops & no hills). 14 years ago I was riding 64
miles with an average speed of 15.5 mph (no hills).

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06-16-2004, 10:39 AM

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 15:46:49 -0700, LioNiNoiL_a t_Ne t s c a pE_D 0 T_Ne T wrote:
>> Talk to people who have ridden doubles and they'll
>> poo-poo it as being easy.
>
> I know a number of double-century riders, and none of them has ever
> poo-pood any 200-mile ride, to my knowledge. Good ride report, Neil!

I couple of folks told me it was too easy. But I also know people who
are doing Boston-Montreal-Boston and they were as excited as I was
about doing it. Now doing brevets sounds like torture. ;-) But for now
I promised my wife only short rides (nothing over 120 miles in one day
;-).

And for those who are wondering, yes once you start doing longer rides
your idea of what a short ride is changes. My Saturday club rides will
now be between 65 and 100 for the rest of the summer. It just depends
how lost I want to get from where I start. An after work ride is now
35 - 40 miles. It also helps that my speeds are up as that means 65 -
100 is 3.5 - 5.5 hours (with stops & no hills) and 35 - 40 miles is
less than 2 hours (no stops & no hills). 14 years ago I was riding 64
miles with an average speed of 15.5 mph (no hills).

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06-16-2004, 10:39 AM

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 15:46:49 -0700, LioNiNoiL_a t_Ne t s c a pE_D 0 T_Ne T wrote:
>> Talk to people who have ridden doubles and they'll
>> poo-poo it as being easy.
>
> I know a number of double-century riders, and none of them has ever
> poo-pood any 200-mile ride, to my knowledge. Good ride report, Neil!

I couple of folks told me it was too easy. But I also know people who
are doing Boston-Montreal-Boston and they were as excited as I was
about doing it. Now doing brevets sounds like torture. ;-) But for now
I promised my wife only short rides (nothing over 120 miles in one day
;-).

And for those who are wondering, yes once you start doing longer rides
your idea of what a short ride is changes. My Saturday club rides will
now be between 65 and 100 for the rest of the summer. It just depends
how lost I want to get from where I start. An after work ride is now
35 - 40 miles. It also helps that my speeds are up as that means 65 -
100 is 3.5 - 5.5 hours (with stops & no hills) and 35 - 40 miles is
less than 2 hours (no stops & no hills). 14 years ago I was riding 64
miles with an average speed of 15.5 mph (no hills).

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06-16-2004, 10:39 AM

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 15:46:49 -0700, LioNiNoiL_a t_Ne t s c a pE_D 0 T_Ne T wrote:
>> Talk to people who have ridden doubles and they'll
>> poo-poo it as being easy.
>
> I know a number of double-century riders, and none of them has ever
> poo-pood any 200-mile ride, to my knowledge. Good ride report, Neil!

I couple of folks told me it was too easy. But I also know people who
are doing Boston-Montreal-Boston and they were as excited as I was
about doing it. Now doing brevets sounds like torture. ;-) But for now
I promised my wife only short rides (nothing over 120 miles in one day
;-).

And for those who are wondering, yes once you start doing longer rides
your idea of what a short ride is changes. My Saturday club rides will
now be between 65 and 100 for the rest of the summer. It just depends
how lost I want to get from where I start. An after work ride is now
35 - 40 miles. It also helps that my speeds are up as that means 65 -
100 is 3.5 - 5.5 hours (with stops & no hills) and 35 - 40 miles is
less than 2 hours (no stops & no hills). 14 years ago I was riding 64
miles with an average speed of 15.5 mph (no hills).

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