Comments on: The First Century Ride

By: Inger-Lis

Inger-Lis — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:41:55 +0000

hee hee hee. Maybe I will have to write a blog sometime on my adventures being your road support. That was always lots of fun.

By: Red

Red — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:55:08 +0000

Inger-Lis you are telling tales out of school. Shame on you! Now I may have to write a post about the incident to clear the air.

And yes I remember the day very well thank you.

By: Inger-Lis

Inger-Lis — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:23:00 +0000

Here is a story I don’t know if you still remember or not, but when you were first riding in Pennsylvania sometimes you would bike down to the river and go fishing (or hiking, I am not sure exactly what you were doing). One time I remember you came home later than usual and very frustrated because you had locked you bike against and tree and then couldn’t find the tree again! I still laugh when I remember that, and I never lock my bike against the tree in the woods

By: Red

Red — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:15:19 +0000

1200 miles in 11 days is pretty darn good. If you tell me that was unsupported and fully self contained I am going to be very jealous.

I would like to someday go self contained coast to coast.

By: sansauto

sansauto — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:25:32 +0000

Oh the memories. I did the STP (seattle to Portland) a 200 mile ride in 2 days, 19 years ago with my uncle who I thought was too old to be on a bike. Two years ago my sixty something uncle and I rode from Astoria, Oregon to Spanish Fork, UT (~1200 miles) in 11 days… he’s still faster than I am. I hope to someday get a job on the east coast so I can finish my trip.

I trained LOTS more for my first STP than I did to ride a third of the way across the country.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:56:14 +0000

Your first century averaging 14mph, unsupported, on a hybrid bike is impressive. After the pain I bet you felt like nothing could stop you if you set your mind to it.