Tour de Forth - first 60 miler

[edindave]

Woo hoo! I'm currently rehydrating on Deuchars IPA after doing my first 60 miler - round the Forth Bridges. Route here.

The funny thing is I did my first 50 last week - it only had 800ft of climb and afterwards I felt exhausted and was really aching.
Today's 60M had 2,300ft of climb and you should have see my face when I turned right at the end of Bo'Ness and saw the hill that lay before me! I just about beat it ... and strangely after today's ride I felt flipping great compared to last week's 50.
Only been cycling a few months so not sure if a week can make that much difference but I'm not complaining!

Cheers folks!

Dave

 

[HLaB]

Nice One Dave

 

[citybabe]

Well done to you

 

[ACS]

Well done

 

[ianrauk]

well done indeed

 

[Telemark]

+1, well done!

Hope you are not still worried about the CC Ecosse ride?
Training over distance, tsk! You'll be one of the "fast guys" ...

T

 

[HJ]

Good on ya Dave...

 

[gavintc]

It is a lovely route and you would think it should be pretty flat. but as you found out, there are some horrid little hills and from my memory, the wind can be a killer.

 

[edindave]

Thanks guys

T, yep definitely less nervous and hopefully these big rides will help prepare me for the group ones. Fast?! I don't know about that! Plenty of obligatory camera stops I reckon!

gavintc yes there were plenty of little hills - some quite rough and one with cobblestones! But a great route as you say. I'm sure I'll be doing it again sometime.

 

[Scotmitchy]

That's a brilliant achievement Dave, well done.

Do you know that big hill at Bo'ness you are talking about - I live at the very bottom of it, and that is how I will start my commute to work - eek! It's only four miles or so to Linlithgow, but I have a feeling I will like cycling home from work much more than cycling to work.

M

 

[G81]

Great job on the 6omile marker! That's a brilliant acheivement!

 

[Matty]

Good one, I might just pinch this route - looks good!

I like the fancy log everything data from your Garmin.

 

[sultanahmed]

Congratulations mate a great achievement.

 

[edindave]

Thanks for the encouragement guys

The route is a bit of a classic - just a shortened version of NCN76- you can download a PDF or get a free booklet from Sustrans.

Hey Scotmitchy you're going to be so strong cos of that hill. It nearly did me in 41miles into my ride!