Not a bad freshman effort for a lowlander. Drumroll, please:
4: # of passes completed 88: # of miles completed 10950: # of vertical feet climbed 11.8: avg. in mph 7.46: # of hours in the saddle 51.1: max. speed 4: approximate number of miles spent over 50 mph (east approach to Monitor) 34x29: gear combo that received over 60% of my attention over the ride 8: number of times I stopped due to oxygen debt 8: # of gu's consumed 4: # of bananas consumed 3: slices of watermelon 2: bags of chips consumed (mmmmm..... salty......) ?: # of quarts of water and cytomax consumed (probably not enough) 1: scenes of post-crash carnage witnessed (guy appeared to have high-sided a rock wall on a hairpin on Ebbett's) 30: # of minutes before our planned rise time that the organizers started pumping VERY LOUD music over the park (yes, it was 4 am) 1: # of dudes who annoyed me on Monitor (beards ain't only for benties, ya [censored]) 1: # of passes on training ride on the prior Wednesday 2: # of training rides 6: # of days spent at 5000 feet prior to the ride 1: # of passes skipped 'cuz I just didn't want it that bad
Congratulations! That's one killer ride - especially with only a 34x29 as your low gear. (Hint: convert over to Shimano, you can get down to 30x34).
Doesn't sound like you ate very much, though - only 8 Gu in 8 hours??
Yeah, I usually take most of my sustenance via liquids - probably should have eaten and drank significantly more. I have never placed this much of a burden on my system and I kinda went by how I felt.
Oh, and the 34x29 was plenty low - I never felt like I needed a lower gear. Probably about 60 rpm at 5 mph (which I rarely dipped to).
