Horsey Hundred - CycleCentury


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Georgetown, Kentucky
United States
Bluegrass Cycling Club
85F / 29C
Sunny
Total Time = 6h 44m 46s
Overall Rank = /1800
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Not much of a routine. We went to breakfat at the school and I had scrabbled eggs, hash browns, bowl of oatmeal. OJ and a muffin. Got on our bikes and headed out of town about 15min's later than we wanted to but still early enough to get a good start.
Event warmup:

Riding my bike from the room to the start line.
Bike
  • 6h 44m 46s
  • 101 miles
  • 14.97 mile/hr
Comments:

Definately harder than I have ever attempted. The 101 miles wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. The hills were about what I expected. I would say I was average on the hills because I didn't have to walk up a single one, although the thought crossed my mind. There were times I was in the smallest chainring and largest cog spinning at 95-100 rpm and going 5 mph....and still passing a few on the way up. Suffering is what this is but the relief at the top is just awesome.
It got to a point before the top that I could feel the hill easing up on me. I wasn't quite to the top and it would just seem to get a little easier although I didn't notice a change in the grade.
The downhills were awesome. 40mph is fun. You really couldn't go much faster for several reasons. One I didn't know the course. Two, there were cars on these roads and at times the road was big enough for A car. Three there were potholes and sticks on the road at times and finally at the bottom of most hills was a stop sign. However, downhill was fun.
It was interesting to note that Marc and I were able to still cruise at 20+ when it was flat, which wasn't much and we would pull away from the other riders. They would catch us on the hills.
This ride was a lot of fun. My first century and my longest ride ever. My longest before this was 50.
There were sag stops every 20 miles or so and lunch was at mile 57. The only problem I had was when I was running low on water and we had just passed what should of been a sag stop at mile 70 or so. I was a little worried I wouldn't make it to the next one at mile 89. However it was moved up to about mile 74 and I was able to refill. I never really thought about being done until about mile 80. I knew we were close and I just wanted to be done. It took us a little over 8 hrs overall and I was getting tired and ready to be done when we finished.
What would you do differently?:

Knowing what to expect will go a long way to being better prepared. If this course was flat I don't think I have any problems with conditioning. For next year I will need to be more consistant on the trainer through the winter months and get outside more than once before going on this ride. My only outside ride before this was a 42 mile ride the week before that I thought was hard. So I guess just training.
Post race
Warm down:

No real warm down, rode into town to the College and showered and went to eat. Had a few beers and went back and was in bed at 8:45 and slept 11 hrs.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Hills and training

Event comments:

This is a lot of fun and something I would like to continue to do every year.




Last updated: 2006-05-30 12:00 AM
Biking
06:44:46 | 101 miles | 14.97 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/1800
Performance:
My average HR was 133 for the day. That includes the stops that lasted less than 2hrs in total.
Wind: Little
Course: Hilly! The ride starts out in Georgetown, KY and heads out to various towns in and around Central Kentucky. Definately harder than anything I have ever done. Some of the hills had 12% grade and some were 2 miles long going uphill. Northern Indiana doesn't have that.
Road: Rough Dry Cadence: 95
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Good Hills: Average
Race pace: Drinks: Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities:
Race evaluation [1-5] 4