28th Annual Reston Bike Club Century - CycleCentury


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Reston, Virginia
United States
Reston Bike Club
70F / 21C
Precipitation
 		Total Time = 4h 17m 3s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Ate breakfast. Drove to race.
Event warmup:

None.
Bike
  • 4h 17m 3s
  • 71 miles
  • 16.57 mile/hr
Comments:

All around NOVA. No clue where we ended up or how I got out of there but I do know apparently there was a 20ish mile loop that I went around twice. Was NOT marked well and when I was all alone on what was supposed to be the route there was no one to back up the "oops, you blinked and missed the single yellow arrow on the road" issues. I ended up doing the metric version, I think. Oh well, I did four hours of bike riding in any case.
What would you do differently?:

Perhaps drive the route first? Maybe not. It's a bike ride for fun so what the hell, it was fun :)
Post race
Event comments:

The road markings were small to none. On the big turns there were cops volunteers there but that was only at a couple spots.




Last updated: 2010-07-30 12:00 AM
Biking
04:17:03 | 71 miles | 16.57 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Average
Wind: Some
Course: Road and bike course mix.
Road: Rough Wet Cadence:
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Good Hills: Below average
Race pace: Comfortable Drinks: Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall:
Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
Good race?
Evaluation
Course challenge Too hard
Organized? No
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? No
Plenty of drinks? No
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4