Outriders 2009 postmortem thoughts
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Time this year was around 11 hours 20 minutes. This is only slightly longer than my time two years ago, which surprised me for a lot of reasons. I think that if I trained reasonably well for the ride and spent less time at the rest stops / checkpoints, I could bring that time down quite a bit.
I am never, ever, ever doing this again without training. Never ever. You heard me. Never. Oh my god that was a bad idea. I'm still glad I rode, but, wow. Now I know why they tell you to do that.
By the end of the day I had sharp pains between my shoulder blades (no doubt from my hunched-over road bike posture), nasty saddle sores, and very sore Achilles tendons. Other than that, however, I didn't really have sore muscles.
The back pain has gone away; the saddle sores are probably still there. The Achilles tendons worry me. They started hurting about 30 miles into the ride and I knew I was in trouble. I tried to take it easy and stretch them whenever I could, but they are still not happy, particularly the right one. Time to ice them and stay off the bike for a few days.
Also: it's a good thing you got a new bike, but not having time to make sure the fit was good -- very unwise, my friend. (The officemate reminds me that poor pedal positioning may have contributed to the Achilles injury.)
Despite all that?
OH WOW I HAD FUN.
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omegabeth has decided she's going to ride it with me next year. We are going to be "Team Helpful," and this is to put you on notice that you will be joining us.
Time this year was around 11 hours 20 minutes. This is only slightly longer than my time two years ago, which surprised me for a lot of reasons. I think that if I trained reasonably well for the ride and spent less time at the rest stops / checkpoints, I could bring that time down quite a bit.
I am never, ever, ever doing this again without training. Never ever. You heard me. Never. Oh my god that was a bad idea. I'm still glad I rode, but, wow. Now I know why they tell you to do that.
By the end of the day I had sharp pains between my shoulder blades (no doubt from my hunched-over road bike posture), nasty saddle sores, and very sore Achilles tendons. Other than that, however, I didn't really have sore muscles.
The back pain has gone away; the saddle sores are probably still there. The Achilles tendons worry me. They started hurting about 30 miles into the ride and I knew I was in trouble. I tried to take it easy and stretch them whenever I could, but they are still not happy, particularly the right one. Time to ice them and stay off the bike for a few days.
Also: it's a good thing you got a new bike, but not having time to make sure the fit was good -- very unwise, my friend. (The officemate reminds me that poor pedal positioning may have contributed to the Achilles injury.)
Despite all that?
OH WOW I HAD FUN.
omegabeth has decided she's going to ride it with me next year. We are going to be "Team Helpful," and this is to put you on notice that you will be joining us.
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Date: 2009-06-22 08:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-22 08:59 pm (UTC)That said, I hatehatehate riding in the rain, which is *seriously* crimping my riding right now...
(Oh, I'll do it if I need to be somewhere, but I won't like it, and I'll grumble and whine a lot).
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Date: 2009-06-22 11:22 pm (UTC)Why yes, yes I will be.
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Date: 2009-06-23 01:15 am (UTC)PS YOU ROCK
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