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Comments: Was riding GREAT - made it to Hell's gate at 10:39 AM. I felt awesome. Well once we turned south, I slowed much more than I thought. I wished I had a line to jump in on. I missed quite a few who passed me. Towards the end I jumped in - this guy didn't check to see if he had cleared my front tire. I sucked my teeth and decided to utilize the line he was in. Got me through about 4-5 miles. What would you do differently?: HHmm, keep up the strength to latch on to a few more lines after passing Hell's Gate. Oh and probably stop at Rest Stop #3 to drink pickle juice and eat a banana. I hate crowds, so my first stop wasn't until mile 44 (the fourth rest stop).  Post race
Warm down: This case it was a cool down, I put the bike on the grass, took off socks shoes, put phone in bento box, and stood in the water. There was a fire hose attached to a hydrant and it was on, and I just stood there for about a minute. Checked the leg again, felt good, just wanted to get some food and a bit more salt into my body. The guy who was selling 'the Stick' let me use one on my leg before we left the area permanently for the weekend. What limited your ability to perform faster: Well...the cramp at mile 80 - yeah didn't help. When I stopped it was debilitating. A guy had to help me unclip my left foot, because I couldn't move my right quad at all. Another guy gave me BioFreeze (Thanks Man!!!) and yet another guy poured cold water on my quads. Anyway - until mile 92 I eased up and kept massaging the leg, while pedaling At mile-92 I had to stop I was almost out of fluids, and my quad seized up again. A volunteer helped me over to the cots, and a massage therapist worked on the area for a while. I figured I would stay there for as long as I could in order to finish, versus being sagged in. Apparently even though I was taking the Hammer Nutrition Enduralytes the SAME way I always do - it wasn't enough. The pickle juice I drank probably helped to keep things from getting worse. Event comments: I know it took me longer than planned to finish, I was hoping between 5:40 and 6:30 max. But since this was my First Full Century Ride (like ever), I should be happy I finished, huh? Much thanks to all of the volunteers, nice riders, and 'fans' along side waving and cheering everyone on. And to you... Thanks for reading. Last updated: 2008-07-22 12:00 AM
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None - I ate two hardboiled eggs while the group was still getting ready. Then we packed up the SUV, and once we arrived to the area, I separated from the group. They are newbies and planned to do the 50-mile ride. My start location was in a different area, and I needed air in my tires. So I headed out.
Rode bike from the vehicle to the coliseum. Pit-stopped, was able to locate safety pins for my bib (I forgot my racebelt) and rode over to the start.