Doing my first ever Century tomorrow.....

[Dayvo]

Come on Panter, we're all waiting to hear how you got on! Or is your arse to sore to sit on

Dave.

He's still in the caf at the start!

 

[Panter]

Sorry for the late update, I was hoping someone would put the official GPS stats on our club forum but there's nothing there so I'll take it from my computer.

Well, I finished it My arse, arms and wrists were sore but I was expecting that. The pain set in after an Hour, as expected, but didn't get too much worse throughout the day.
Except for the saddle that is. After 70miles I was keeping an eye on the verges for a broken wine bottle to replace the saddle with as I'm sure it would have been more arse-friendly

The weather was fantastic, not a single cloud in the sky all day

I was gonna mention loo stops (something I forgot to account for), but since there's 3 cafes on the way you seem to have it covered.

Good luck ... let us know how you get on ...

Actually, I made a mistake. There were only 2 cafe stops, which I only realised at mile 80
Mind you, even after drinking >4litres of fluid, with the hot weather 2 stops were more than enough

I did my first 100miler yesterday...

well done Sir, its a hell of a way isn't it

Just got back from my solo 103 miler. I decided to go across Cheshire and back into Wales, taking in some landmarks and tea stops to break it up a bit. Nice day for it, a bit grey, but great conditions!

Dave.

Fantastic, I really couldn't have done any more than I did, not without a lengthy stop and refuel anyway.
Hats off to you Sir




The thing that really caught me out was the pace. I expected to get sore but I didn't expect to get so tired for some reason.
We did 101.5 miles in 6Hrs 43 mins which is a fraction over 15mph average (excluding stops.)
although I usually ride a bit quicker than that, doing it for nearly 7 Hours proved very tough for me.
At 95.6miles I bonked, and the sprint back to the car park nearly killed me

Many thanks for all the support everyone, it feels great to have done it, next time I'll take some flapjacks

 

[dodgy]

Well done Chris

Dave.

 

[TVC]

Well done Panter - one more of us, one less of them

 

[wafflycat]

Chapeau to the centurions!

 

[djb1971]

Well done Chris

 

[Dayvo]

Good effort, great achievement!

 

[mondobongo]

Well done people, got my next one lined up for next month.

 

[Cycling Naturalist]

That's weird, that's exactly where I rode through. It's a bit lumpy around there isn't it?

Dave.

It's surprisingly lumpy but the road in front of the castle is a nice steady flat bit.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

chapeau panter. i've yet to clock the hundred miles, but the 82 miles of hilly north wales i did a weekend ago felt like it…