RTL qualifying ride prep

I just completed my qualifiers today. Because of hilly and windy
conditions, I was able to qualify with rides of 63k each. The riding
was around the loop in NY's central park, which has a length of almost
exactly 10k and an elevation/descent of about 137m. There were gusting
winds for most of the morning yesterday, but today the wind was nowhere
near as strong.

I budgeted 6 hours for the first ride, partly because I'd neglected to
check just how much the conditions affected the rating of each ride.
Just before I went to bed before day 1, I realized that I didn't need
to ride 80k but only needed about 65. Then the winds hit! Still, I
managed to finish in under 3 hours. Then today, armed with the
experience of the previous day, I gave myself 4 hours -- until I got
delayed in traffic heading into NYC (I live 80 miles north). I managed
to complete the riding in 3 hours again before racing back to my office
for the afternoon.

The only thing sore at this point is the spot above my right ankle --
maybe from my mild UPD on day 1.

Make sure to drink enough!

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legtod2 said:

Wish me luck folks...

Good luck. You can do it!

David_Stone said:

I just completed my qualifiers today.

Congrats! CU in NS!

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That means you were averaging 21km/h. You must have been on a track or
something.

Yesterday, I went 17.5km in 1hr,24min on my N36. No stopping just alot
of stop and go in the city area.

You must be fast David

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I do a mildly hilly loop around town, on which I average about 18kph,
which I've sustained up to about 1:10. I think in RTL, we'll be
switching riders at intervals of less than 60 minutes, so I've been
focusing on sustaining higher speeds for shorter periods of time.

Make sure you contact Andy or Nathan soon, because I think they're
looking to close team registration.

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Today I road 85.46km in 7.52hrs

I did this in three section courses.

The first circuit was on my 36" and completed 52.11km highway. Bad
spots on highway shoulder due to still melting snow and soft shoulder
and mud.

The second circuit was on my 29" throught the bike trail. Beleive it or
not still lots of snow on trails here (as a matter of fact I still have
.5 ft of snow in backyard. Rode 23km's in mud, snow, ice and wash board
trails. This section took me almost longer than 52 km section.

Last section on my 36 and 10kms

For tomorrow I intend to just due the highway section so I can reduce
my 7.5hr ride time

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Wow thats all really impressive. RTL seems like it would be a lot of
fun. I think my long distace riding is up to par. I f only I could
form a team so I could go, but there aren't any people I know of around
here who would go🙁 Good luck to all the people who are going, I envy
you.

Later😄

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Hey Man.
As they say in NB: go hard or stay home. Hope we can see you here in
June.
Good work. We're putting together a good time, all the Stages can't
wait to have RTL riders in their towns, and we'll be riding through 136
of the most hospitable in Nova Scotia. Watch our site, big things
happening.
Best, from where we need spurs to ride a Lobster.
william

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uniaddict said:

Wow thats all really impressive. RTL seems like it would be a lot of
fun. I think my long distace riding is up to par. I f only I could
form a team so I could go, but there aren't any people I know of around
here who would go🙁

Later😄

Uh, there are at least four teams going from the extended Bay Area.
Two groups of representatives rode through Danville a couple weeks ago
on our way to Mount Diablo.

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Today was longer and harder than the first.

To begin with the St John River has rose quite a bit. Some of the
section I road yesterday were dry and bare, today where under water
(one spot over 1 meter under water so I had to walk around, rode 2kms
in water almost touching my pedals.

Today I faced headwinds which severly slow me down for 4.5hrs
After I finished my first 54km I was exhausted so I lay down before
beginning my 2nd circuit.

On my 2nd circuit my right knee was sore so my riding pace was again
slow. When my 30km loop was done I thought I would not be able to mount
my unicycle one more time for the day.

Now for my third loop. I really wanted to break the 90km ride but I was
too sore in the saddle region, so I seattled on 88kms and 8hrs 5mins of
riding time.

I used a really crappy DV Jazz camera/video. The pictures are [censored].
This video is boring. Only important stuff is the shot of my GPS
indicating riding distance and time.

These last two days really challenged my riding skills, lots of
variety, snow, water, wind, hills, some off roading in snow and mud
mixture, riding in soft muddy shoulder of road.

Total distance travelled 173.46kms

That's it baby, I made it.

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I was spotted by another local radio station 106.9fm.

The radio station news fellow noticed me on my unicycle and asked the
Fredericton radio listeners if they knew who the guy was riding the
unicycle on the bridge.

Two people called in. Actually my wife was the second caller. They put
her on the air live and she told people that I was qualifying for Ride
The Lobster race.

I got a call for a one - on one interview on the radio show called
"That Sunday Show". They are pre-recording the show this week and
playing next sunday.

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Congrats! Great job persevering!

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legtod2 said:

asked the Fredericton radio listeners if they knew who the guy was
riding the unicycle on the bridge.

"The guy" as if there couldn't be two.. 😉

Snow, water, wind, hills, mud.... just what terrain DIDN"T you ride?

Congrats on your ride and fame!

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Real men unicycle with slightly crooked seats.

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Good going.
You are among the elite.
Welcome aboard.
Post the radio thing if you get a chance.
Best, always
william

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I need to register my ride, pictures, etc.

I must be missing the full URL to enter my ride report.
Can someone post the full URL.
I also would like to know how others uploaded their picture. I mostly
captured video, not pictures so it may be a problem.

Thanks

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http://tinyurl.com/2zgqoo

And just make screenshots of the video for your pictures. This can be
done on any editing software.

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