AM/Lunch: 7 hours (123.5 Miles). 201W. HR 132. 17.6 MPH
Planned on about 100 miles or so, maybe close to 118, rerouted a turn for a few miles and this is what I ended up at! Yehaw. A good ride. I started at 6:25 in the morning and new I had to keep a good pace to finish around my projected time. Course didn't have a ton of elevation gain, which was fine. I wanted to try to keep in close to 18 MPH if I could and without killing myself.
I picked up 70 new miles, which was great. Lots of country dirt roads and fields. Almost no potholes and minimal traffic. Just how I like my gravel riding. I tried to eat quite frequently, taking in a package of Cliff Bloks just before the turn of every hour (between the 45'-one hour mark). I had a Cliff bar for breakfast and a Cliff bar around 4 hours or so. I had most of the two bottles of Maurten 320 I had and around 20 oz of LMNT mixed one pack per 32 oz. I had around 70 oz in my hydration pack and drank 50-60 I would say. It got tiring toward the end but overall felt great and fueling was about right, though I think I would have eaten the Cliff bar earlier and had another one with me just because.
Definitely my longest ride by time and miles. Weather was foggy and humid to start and a little bit of sun and warming up toward the end but not bad at all. I imagine these hundreds will be more difficult later in the summer, but I will try my best to cherrypick the weather and will keep in closer to 100-105 miles, so that it takes me 6 hours or less (I went through the 100-mile mark in about 5.5 hours I think).
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