Bike 4/30

I met JHS at Marymoor for our goal: 100 miles, a "century" ride.

We did it - actually we did 101.3 miles in 6:53. Yeah, not exactly blazing... we did average about 15 mph for 90 miles (6:05 for 90 miles) and then kinda look it easy for the last 10. T1 and MM joined us after we were about halfway through, at 45 miles.

JHS and I rode the out-and-back on Lake Sammamish (19 miles) - since we wanted to avoid the heavy Issaquah Saturday afternoon traffic. Then we did an out-and-back to LogBoom park (26 miles) along the flat SRT. We me up with T1 and MM and took them along Lake Sammamish and LogBoom again, and then finished up with a 10 mile round trip back along the SRT.

Getting back to Marymoor so many times was great - we could fill up water, and the little Subway in the first parking lot is now open, so I took advantage and had some cookies and later a bag of salt & vinegar chips. Other than that I had a Clif bar and grande mocha for breakfast, 12 gels on the bike, 2 bottles of PowerBar Endurance, 1.5 cookies, the above mentioned bag of salt and vinegar chips, lots of water, and a strawberry milkshake afterwards. Needless to say, I was ravenous for some real food!

I found I need to hit the restroom and stretch a little about every hour. I need to do more yoga! ;) Also, I found I really like the PowerBar Tropical Fruit flavor. It is different enough (perhaps no aftertaste?) than the Gu Tri Berry that it doesn't bother me.