The 140 kilometer ride in preperation for the 180 kilometer ride on June 15th brought some good news and some bad news.
The good news first;
I kept a well paced-out tempo almost throughout the entire ride, and I kept it on the flat side of things. No climbing except one longer, shallow one and one very short one. I did the same round twice, starting 9am in the morning. I was prepared.
I was mostly worried about energy and tanking out at some point, which I have done before and I remember the 2021 90km ride with horror. I read up on nutrition and did my best with gels, oat meal, protein bars and coconut milk. It totally worked out so well in the end. I had absolutely no problems. Very pleased.
What I didn't count for was the fact that my muscles had no intention of continuing on past 110 kilometers. Between the 100km benchmark (which I reached in the middle of a roundabout) and the stop I did at ca 110km I had to give a bit of effort due to increasing headwind. By the time I reached about 120km my body was aching. My shoulders were aching, my back was aching and I had an ever increasing pain in the right side of my right knee for the rest of the ride. Not good. The knee gives me most worries at the moment.
00:00 Ride start
00:26 Introduction commentary
04:53 Roksvoll
05:21 Eina/Riksveg 4
05:55 Koreavegen
09:11 Commentary 20km done
09:50 Vestvegen
10:12 Lena
11:03 Kraby/Bilitt
11:42 Bilitt - Commentary 37km done
13:33 Mjøsvegen Climb
13:37 Starum Downhill
14:27 Kapp
14:49 Nordlia
15:36 Gjøvik
16:20 Kallerud Commentary 57km done
17:12 Raufoss Commentary 68km done
18:05 Raufoss Commentary after one lap
21:44 Eina
22:05 Eina south pathways
22:46 Koreavegen
23:24 Commentary 88 km done
24:17 Kolbu Commentary
26:04 Lena Roundabout 100 km done
26:25 Kraby
26:42 Kapp
27:20 Rambekk
27:48 Hunndalen Commentary 127 km done
29:17 Rain Starts
29:43 End Commentary 137 km done
This ride is dedicated to Squadron Leader Mark Long, BBMF.
3 авг 2024
