I was just curious what your thoughts were on my first century that I completed in 6 hours flat. There were a few hills and 10-15 mile head winds part of the time. I am 45, 150 lbs. and I had an average heart rate of only 130 for the century. I average 17 miles an hour. I made a couple of observations. I am using an p3 Tri Bike. Every once in a while, I would feel the bottoms of my feet on the outside edge. I am an overpronator when I run. In this area I am very sensitive for a few minutes towards mile 80. On the outside, on the bottom of my foot, maybe some insoles could help. I also started out when it was 45 degrees in the morning and it ended up being 65 degrees and sun with a little bit of a draft. I only went pee once at the 3-hour mark. I brought along 3 - 1 liter bottles. I had water, one goo and one Cliff bar. Right before the ride, I had about 200 calories of dry cereal. So I didn't seem to be famished at all, but I did run out of water in the last hour. It wasn't too bad. At the six-hour mark, I had to pee pretty bad too. How many calories might I have burned? Maybe around 3,000. My neck is a little sore, but for the most part when I climbed hills I sat up, stretched and did some neck exercises. My saddle was sore. Afterwards I felt somewhat fatigued. My shoulders and knees were sore. My glutes will probably be sore in the morning. It was an interesting experience, unlike a marathon, which I can typically do in 3 hours. I suppose I can recover from this century pretty fast. Maybe I was under fueled. I appreciate any insight that you might have. By the way ijust finished my 5 th century in the last 10 days and my glutes are toast..training for ironman..250 calories per hour?? tia
I was just curious what your thoughts were on my first century that I completed in 6 hours flat. There were a few hills and 10-15 mile head winds part of the time. I am 45, 150 lbs. and I had an average heart rate of only 130 for the century. I average 17 miles an hour. I made a couple of observations. I am using an p3 Tri Bike. Every once in a while, I would feel the bottoms of my feet on the outside edge. I am an overpronator when I run. In this area I am very sensitive for a few minutes towards mile 80. On the outside, on the bottom of my foot, maybe some insoles could help. I also started out when it was 45 degrees in the morning and it ended up being 65 degrees and sun with a little bit of a draft. I only went pee once at the 3-hour mark. I brought along 3 - 1 liter bottles. I had water, one goo and one Cliff bar. Right before the ride, I had about 200 calories of dry cereal. So I didn't seem to be famished at all, but I did run out of water in the last hour. It wasn't too bad. At the six-hour mark, I had to pee pretty bad too. How many calories might I have burned? Maybe around 3,000. My neck is a little sore, but for the most part when I climbed hills I sat up, stretched and did some neck exercises. My saddle was sore. Afterwards I felt somewhat fatigued. My shoulders and knees were sore. My glutes will probably be sore in the morning. It was an interesting experience, unlike a marathon, which I can typically do in 3 hours. I suppose I can recover from this century pretty fast. Maybe I was under fueled. I appreciate any insight that you might have. By the way ijust finished my 5 th century in the last 10 days and my glutes are toast..training for ironman..250 calories per hour?? tia
I like to have gels more often than your 1 per race. I find it best to take one before I start to feel the need to take one.
