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Comments: I'am officially an ultracyclist(he-he) Anyway i know now that a marathon is harder than a flat double. As i recovered enough to write this race report. During my previous marathons i would still be resting and sore.I have the confidence now to ride the 112 mile ride of a full distance triathlon and to run a marathon after that.My official long ride is 194 but in all honesty (not to sound arrogant) I could probably gone 20 flat miles more What would you do differently?: Pay attention to the race rule re: safety. do alonger one day ride and ride more hills Post race
Warm down: i didnt do any warm down but went as fast as I could to get a burrito because i was so hungry. the next day i feasted on danish pancakes. What limited your ability to perform faster: longer rides and longer mileages Event comments: Planet ultra has a good reputaton for running ultras overall it was good Last updated: 2006-03-26 12:00 AM
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friday night drove to solvangg w/c is roughly 300 miles south of san francisco. Very scenic drive stopped pismo beach. Very nice.Got poker chip and race # at royal copenhagen inn in solvang. solvang is a town with Danish motif and building with windmill. looked for a hotel but room rates were expensive. Went to nearby town near lompoc and found acheaper hotel.Got some breakfast supplies from albertsons and ate in alocal reataurant. Went to bed at 10:00 pm
Woke up at 3:00 am. Ate 4 eggo waffles with maple syrup and drank 2 starbucks doubleshot.went to the royal copenhagen inn to start. didnt reall do any pre-race exercise as I want to save any ounce of energy for the ride. this is my first double and although I've ridden about 180 miles in a week as my longet week ride, I've never really ridden more than 120 for a day. You have an option to start as early as 4;30 for the ride but if you want your time to be recorded you have to start later .i think 6 or 7. I opted to ride at5:00 am.