Ultra Rider: In Search of the Ultimate Long Ride RSS

Biking is one thing. Bicycling 100 miles is entirely another. But what about the bicycle ride that last all day and all night? At some point, you cross a line and at that point, cycling, becomes ultracycling.

This blog chronicles the story of a guy, his bike and a strange obsession with finding the outside edge of his personal limits.

In this chapter, having broken the UMCA record, recovered from a bone-crushing crash and achieving a top 15 finish at the inimitable Furnace Creek 508 we find our hero grappling with the realities of completing a 100km foot race.

For the complete story, follow this link, and read from the back to the front. The story won't make anymore sense when you've finished, but at least you'll know as much as the rest of us.

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Made it…

…after a 26 hour drive, one stop at a Starbucks, five stops for gas, three good naps, a weird shimmy that came and went, three of Des’ Miracle Sandwiches, very little opera, a quick breakfast at the Waffle House and a massive fire on the I-75 in Kentucky, we arrived at the world famous Sebring International Raceway at 12:30 or so this morning.

The ride was great - having three people to share the work was awesome - definitely the way to go if I do this again. The lunchboxes that Des packed were awesome too - good healthy snacks that didn’t require us to stop and waste time at a restaurant or truck stop. It was a pretty efficient drive, and everyone was mostly well behaved.

Tomorrow will be a rest day - late breakfast with the guys to talk plans, go for a warmup ride, buy a few extra supplies (stop watch, clipboard, towels, courtesy sheet and maybe a couple of other little things…) and then early to bed.

I’ll post a couple of pictures of our trip in a second.

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