this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2023
24 points (92.9% liked)

Bicycling

2197 readers
4 users here now

A community for those who enjoy bicycling for any reason— utility, recreation, sport, or whatever!

Post your questions, experiences, knowledge, pictures, news, links, and (civil) rants.

Rules (to be added on an as-needed basis)

  1. Comments and posts should be respectful and productive.
  2. No ads or commercial spam, including linking to your own monetized content.
  3. Linked content should be as unburdened by ads and trackers as possible.

Welcome!

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Did my first Metric Century yesterday in Southern MN. Started out a little chilly, but warmed up to mid 60s. Mix of gravel and country roads. By about mile 50, I was feeling it and wanted to be done, but completed the mission. My goal was sub 4 hours, so I barely missed it but still extremely proud and extremely sore!

top 6 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well you appear to have gone about 1.2 km extra, so there's that :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

True! We'll just assume that extra 1.2km took another 9 minutes!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Congrats! That's awesome

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Congrats! Good job on sticking it out when you were feeling rough after 50!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

By about mile 50, I was feeling it and wanted to be done, but completed the mission.

Do this more to build endurance! So many people quit when they feel like they are struggling, but you only get better by pushing further.

Congrats!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

congratulations! it's a big mental accomplishment to get that out of the way. well done