Ride London 100

Happy with my 4:17:31 and 155th - average heart rate 165bpm and I felt like I'd been run over by a steam roller come Monday morning. Can't believe I rode the whole thing on two bottles and a single 50sec stop for nature, felt very dehydrated at the end. Bring on 2014!

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/353169639

Congratulations. That's fast.

Please tell me it wasn't a solo effort.

Scorching time Exedanni, chapeau.

I had a look at the videos that featured me, one has a cracking view of someone elses head in it, and little else, and the others confirm that my number started coming off much earlier than I had thought.

Happy with my 4:17:31 and 155th - average heart rate 165bpm and I felt like I'd been run over by a steam roller come Monday morning. Can't believe I rode the whole thing on two bottles and a single 50sec stop for nature, felt very dehydrated at the end. Bring on 2014!

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/353169639

Yipes! Chapeau indeed.
Forum champ.

agree that a 48x16 FG was not the best choice for the Ride London 100, but managed it in 5:20:04 including 4 minute comfort break.

so essentially everyone is better than me at ridings. everyone broke 5 hours? How exactly, how exactly is that even possible

Im pretty sure you all cheated.

Exactly?
Its not that hard.

I trained an hour on a Wattbike after work most days for a couple of months and built my FTP to around 250.

Then I drafted any wheel that I could just about keep pace with
(which oddly happened to be team watt bike)

I have a cracked rib so feel I could do better.
My goal is to be closer to 4 hours than 5 next year

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I had to abandon one of the few draftable wheels that I found when I looked up and was presented with a terrible case of overly thin Lycra and overly hairy arse crack.

6pt?

Not unless he has gone ginger of late.

My pictures were available to download this morning btw.

ouch.
http://app.strava.com/activities/72580459

Nah, post the good ones.

Of me staring at the front wheel wanting it to be over?

I'd have gone for that one too. The nonchalance as the guy behind is breathing out of his ears trying to stay on your wheel.
I looked at mine last night expecting to see a face full of pain and suffering. I've got the biggest grin plastered accross my chops in most of them. I fail at suffering epically.

Commuting along the A25 this morning having come down from Newlands Corner I have to say that I was very disappointed with the amount of litter. If you've carried the energy bar/ gel all the way from London it doesn't hurt to carry the empty packet at least to the next bin.

ouch.
http://app.strava.com/activities/72580459

Thanks Pros, you've spoiled Strava in London for everyone LOL.

^^ :( crappy behaviour. I saw quite a few accidental drops of things, but it can't account for all the litter.
I only carried one gel "for emergency" and it got carried home again uneaten.

Bottom of my right hand jersey pocket was minging at the end of the ride from the empty-but-still-sticky gel packets I shoved in there after eating the contents.

mostly I seem to have a bit of a default grumpy expression.
there is one of me smiling on the mall but it actually looks as if I'm stationary and posing, weird. no, not the one after the finish!

Commuting along the A25 this morning having come down from Newlands Corner I have to say that I was very disappointed with the amount of litter. If you've carried the energy bar/ gel all the way from London it doesn't hurt to carry the empty packet at least to the next bin.

Its a closed road not a public area. What you do in your own backyard is your own business. The organisers should be cleaning up the mess after the event.

One energy gel?
If your fuelling yourself on liquid carbs its more like one every 15 minutes.

Its also a false argument.. an opened packet is far messier to carry than a closed one and might fall out when your looking for your next one anyway, maybe causing a danger to those following.

Hope this makes you feel better about it.
If you see four snickers wrappers lying about, they're mine.

One every 15 minutes? That might be where I went wrong, I had 3 over four and a half hours.

3 SACHETS PER HOUR DURING ACTIVITY.
Not a sole source of nutrition.
Consume with balanced diet.
Use as directed.
Max 20 per day.

bleugh

Nice bike. Good to see a few old ones there amongst the sea of fugly Cube, Focus, Felt, Specialized, Giant, Cervelo etc.

One every 15 minutes? That might be where I went wrong, I had 3 over four and a half hours.

Depends what you are drinking; if only on water then 3-4 per hour recommended but if on carb drinks and eating other food then may not be needed.

Caffeine gel every hour to keep that ergogenic effect ticking along from your pre-ride caffeine loading. You did jack up on a load of caffeine before the ride didn't you? Hmmm?

How to fuel and hydrate in a triathlon - YouTube

Triathletes are fairly good when it comes understanding nutrition

I always eat solid food early on maybe 1 flapjack every 45 minutes then move to gels when im getting dehydrated at the end but each to their own.

Did everyone buy their official ride 100 photos or am I the only one too tight?