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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I was originally going to go out for a long ride today, but with the choreload at home and the non-stop rain (22mm through noon today) I decided to go for a hard run instead. 10k cross-country in High Park in just 49 minutes. I put a light embrocation of liquid heat and vaseline on the legs and wore running shorts just to keep things interesting. Legs stayed nice and warm from the heat, and pretty dry from the Vaseline. It sounds like a strange combination, but I guarantee that if I’d worn running tights in this weather, I would have frozen. The water causes body heat to dissipate just that much faster, where the embrocation slows the loss down. Don’t know why I took this picture, but whatever… enjoy! :-)

I was originally going to go out for a long ride today, but with the choreload at home and the non-stop rain (22mm through noon today) I decided to go for a hard run instead. 10k cross-country in High Park in just 49 minutes. I put a light embrocation of liquid heat and vaseline on the legs and wore running shorts just to keep things interesting. Legs stayed nice and warm from the heat, and pretty dry from the Vaseline. It sounds like a strange combination, but I guarantee that if I’d worn running tights in this weather, I would have frozen. The water causes body heat to dissipate just that much faster, where the embrocation slows the loss down.

Don’t know why I took this picture, but whatever… enjoy! :-)

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