just about to set off on my longest ride ever 50 miler

[cycling fisherman]

just about to set off on my longest ride ever, 50 miles in total middlesbrough>stokesley>hutton rudby>low worsall>picton...return.

No times to be recorded on this one, just steady away.

longest ride before this one about 30 miles

I will report back after the ride.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

I wish you all the very best for the ride. Sending positive thoughts out to you as I type :-) Just did my 1st 50 miler yesterday and it feels great.

 

[cycling fisherman]

Completed !!!

phew.......


well, that was difficult, the last 3-4 miles especially hard, felt a little wobbly and i was a bit faint at one point, i did feel my left hamstring twinge a couple of times... i thought something was going to "go" on the last uphill climb though.

I can say it was harder than i thought it was going to be, however i did it on my hardrock sport MTB do i get extra kudos for that by the way ?

well going to get a bath now and think about my next ride !

i will increase the distance by a couple of miles before i tackle the 100 miler !

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Congratulations. You definitely get extra kudos from me for doing the 50M on a MTB . I think the next ride will be the harder one and then they will become progressively easier. enjoy that bath :-)

phew.......


well, that was difficult, the last 3-4 miles especially hard, felt a little wobbly and i was a bit faint at one point, i did feel my left hamstring twinge a couple of times... i thought something was going to "go" on the last uphill climb though.

I can say it was harder than i thought it was going to be, however i did it on my hardrock sport MTB do i get extra kudos for that by the way ?

well going to get a bath now and think about my next ride !

i will increase the distance by a couple of miles before i tackle the 100 miler !

 

[punkypossum]

Oh no, I should have mentioned that I did my first 100 last week on a mountain bike, lost out on all those extra points!

Well done to you tho, you could always go for 100 km next, then it's only a small step up to the 100 miles!!!

 

[Globalti]

What tyres were you using?

 

[punkypossum]

Well, admittedly they were Schwalbe Marathons, so I suppose I'm losing points for that