Trek 100

This weekend Shaun and I rode in the Trek 100 for the MACC fund (Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer). There where a couple of cool things about the weekend, one was that Lance Armstrong was there and saw us off. Well actually we saw him off, after speaking a few words he and a number of trek reps got on their bikes and started the ride. After they left the rest of us where released.

Though we where rained on twice through the day, the weather could not have been nicer. It was somewhere in the 70s, which I think is about perfect! Cool enough to not overheat and not too cold that you freeze on the bike. Also there was almost no wind so you could keep a good clip going.

Shaun and I selected the 100k ride (62 miles). We got off to a good start keeping our speed between 17 and 24 mph. For the most part Shaun and I stuck together for the ride, there where a few times when I didn't realize I had left him behind, but we quickly caught up at the next wayside stop. It wasn't until the end when Shaun was feeling the burn that I told him I wanted to go all out to the finish and would catch up with him at the car. I took off feeling like I needed to push myself all out and was able to keep the speed up in the 20s. I finished feeling great. I was a bit worried that the lack of miles last month would catch up with me, however keeping active with other sports seemed to help quite a bit. I felt great after the ride other than a little cramped up in the joints from staying in the biking position for so long.

Also I am now setting myself up to ride into work every day. I will still look at driving during Thunderstorms or bad weather. Outside of that I plan to ride from Sauk City which would equate to about 23 miles one way. My next organized ride is the 17th in Chicago and will be 124 miles. That should be a good gauge for how in shape I am :)

Here is the elevation map, not quite as spectacular as Dan's mountain rides ;)