Yesterday I completed the longest ride I've ever done on a trainer, inside, during beautiful weather.
This may not have only been the longest ride for me on a trainer, but it also, and I'm pretty sure, it was my longest ride period.
As I've mentioned several times during my infrequent posts, the Fat Cyclist came up with this crazy idea of riding 100 Miles on a trainer ~ dubiously dubbed the 100 Miles Of Nowhere.
Yes I paid $75 (ok it was a donation to the Livestrong Foundation and I got a cool schwag Bag) to ride 100 miles inside.
Words cannot describe it.
Even though such a feat cannot be described, I will attempt to do so.
The my ride started Sunday morning (05/24) a whole twenty four hours after most everyone else were supposed to begin. Sorry life got in the way and I had to attend soccer games and dog grooming on Saturday.
After a pot of coffee and applying my fresh tube of DZ Nuts, my Tour began at 9:40AM. I had originally wanted to start about 6AM but the several pilsners the night before helped prevent that.
For those that do not know, riding inside on a trainer or anything is a true testament to the Human Spirit. ( I couldn't imagine doing this on rollers as I'm sure I would have crashed and burned several times) I've been riding inside now for several years due to my dislike of bad weather, and each time I do it, I wonder to myself, just how bad is it outside? Surely it's not as bad as sitting inside spinning for an hour or so??
Previously the longest I think I've done on a trainer was just shy of three hours. Probably watching a B Horror Flick that I couldn't get Susan interested in. I will double that on this.
11:04AM 27.39 Miles~ I know this time-stamp because I iPhoned in updates to my Facebook page. I had been riding about an hour and 20 minutes I guess. This is my normal time frame on this dreaded device. To say I didn't think to myself "holy shit, 70 more miles to go" I would be lying. But still had fresh legs, and I was somewhat prepared. I started off this using a Spinervals DVD #26 The Hardcore 100. About here I finished disc one of the three disc set. Warm Up, then a set of six 10 minute intervals with one minute of rest in between. Riding inside, you have to have a plan, and intervals help break the monotony. Besides, I had Coach Troy Jacobson going "Stop, Go" and reminding me that once I start the workout I had to finish.
12:35PM ~ 3:03:34 Coach Troy mentions the phrase "Cold Beer", I glance over to the fridge where I had plenty. Motivation takes a serious hit.
1:06PM ~ 38.4Miles to go. This shits starting to suck. Ok it started to suck 60 miles ago.
1:53PM ~ 73 Miles behind me, 27 miles in front of me. I'm really starting to get beat down no. The legs are no longer fresh. The Spinervals DVD is getting progressively harder, and Coach Troy is getting progressively annoying. I've eaten a 1/2lb of Gummi Bears, 60 oz of Gatorade, Fig Newtons, Sunbelt Oatmeal Honey Bars, a Power Bar, Almonds, etc etc. I think it's going to take me another four hours to do the last 27 Miles.
It is here that I say to heck with Coach Troy and off with the Spinervals. I have to get down to serious business to reach "Nowhere".
In goes the DVD of previously recorded Headbangers Ball episodes. Now Mastodon, All That Remains, and Lamb Of God will see me through to the end.
2:37PM "84"~ doubting my Headbangers Ball strategy.
3:29PM I had a great time riding the 100 Miles of Nowhere. ~ this was fun in a sick perverted kind of way.
Yeah this is a grainy picture of the Garmin, 100 Miles, 5hrs 50 minutes.
Beautiful I know.
Check out the Fat Cyclist's website, for more updates from throughout the land world. Especially the video from Noodle. It's hilarious and very professionally done. Makes this crappy blog look even more crappy.
There's some other videos posted as well and more to follow.
Now for more of my results:
The Course:
Well as you can see some how, I actually did the ride in the neighbors garage on Morgan Court or at least the majority of it. As you well know the BottleOfPills Mansion is on Taylor Drive. The military must have known of this hellacious experiment in stupidity and felt I was endangering civilians and decided to screw with my GPS signal.
The Profile:
Amazing not only did I manage to do the ride in an entire different subdivision (yet remaining in my garage) I also managed to change my elevation by going into the Earths Surface, and rising above throughout the ride.
