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Should I call a day off of work and do a century?

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  • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

    @aqua-letifer said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:

    In my opinion/experience, running distances are more linear whereas with bikes it's more exponential. If you can do 50, you can almost certainly do 100. When I did my first century, 50 was at the time my longest.

    I'm fairly confident I could do a 100, but I'm not at all sure I want to 🙂

    I absolutely love going out on the bike, but pretty much every single time after 2.5 hours, I think 'OK, I'm good, I don't want to do this any more'.

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    @doctor-phibes said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:

    I'm fairly confident I could do a 100, but I'm not at all sure I want to

    Lame. 🙂

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      Aqua, do you want to do the century on a fixie?

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      • KlausK Klaus

        Aqua, do you want to do the century on a fixie?

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        @klaus said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:

        Aqua, do you want to do the century on a fixie?

        I think so? I've been looking at routes, and if I did something like Rehobeth to Assateague and back (or on the C&O), it'd definitely be flat enough.

        I've done a couple of incidental centuries on a singlespeed, back in the day. No plan for it or anything, I just happened to be on a bike that long. So I know it's possible, but I'm also old now. Would have to plan.

        Please love yourself.

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        • KlausK Klaus

          @doctor-phibes said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:

          I'm fairly confident I could do a 100, but I'm not at all sure I want to

          Lame. 🙂

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          @klaus said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:

          @doctor-phibes said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:

          I'm fairly confident I could do a 100, but I'm not at all sure I want to

          Lame. 🙂

          Damn straight.

          I was only joking

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            I just did 33 miles after a 3 week break. It got a little ugly - it's amazing how quickly that happens. I'm highly unready for a century.

            I was only joking

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              I did a metric century today, in 3.5 hours. It was rather exhausting.

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              • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                I just did 33 miles after a 3 week break. It got a little ugly - it's amazing how quickly that happens. I'm highly unready for a century.

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                @doctor-phibes said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:

                I just did 33 miles after a 3 week break. It got a little ugly - it's amazing how quickly that happens. I'm highly unready for a century.

                I did 32 yesterday. I was fine but it helped that I did it in 2 parts. I got a flat halfway through and the patches Would. Not. SEAL. I used 2 and all the glue that was in the kit. (Park Tool.) Air kept finding new ways out. I've never seen that shit before.

                I had to walk it to an LBS and get a tube. I got 5. I'm done with patch kits.

                Please love yourself.

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                • KlausK Klaus

                  I did a metric century today, in 3.5 hours. It was rather exhausting.

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                  @klaus said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:

                  I did a metric century today, in 3.5 hours. It was rather exhausting.

                  Wussy. 😛

                  Still, 100k is a good stretch.

                  Please love yourself.

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                    @aqua-letifer said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:

                    I'm going to be out here for another 6 hours

                    6+ hours for 100 miles? I thought we were talking about a bike ride, not walking! 😉

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                    @klaus said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:

                    @aqua-letifer said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:

                    I'm going to be out here for another 6 hours

                    6+ hours for 100 miles? I thought we were talking about a bike ride, not walking! 😉

                    Do a century in some mountains or even some serious hills, and get back to me. lol

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                      @klaus said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:

                      @aqua-letifer said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:

                      I'm going to be out here for another 6 hours

                      6+ hours for 100 miles? I thought we were talking about a bike ride, not walking! 😉

                      Do a century in some mountains or even some serious hills, and get back to me. lol

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                      @mark said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:

                      @klaus said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:

                      @aqua-letifer said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:

                      I'm going to be out here for another 6 hours

                      6+ hours for 100 miles? I thought we were talking about a bike ride, not walking! 😉

                      Do a century in some mountains or even some serious hills, and get back to me. lol

                      Can I start at the top?

                      I was only joking

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                      • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                        @mark said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:

                        @klaus said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:

                        @aqua-letifer said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:

                        I'm going to be out here for another 6 hours

                        6+ hours for 100 miles? I thought we were talking about a bike ride, not walking! 😉

                        Do a century in some mountains or even some serious hills, and get back to me. lol

                        Can I start at the top?

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                        @doctor-phibes said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:

                        @mark said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:

                        @klaus said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:

                        @aqua-letifer said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:

                        I'm going to be out here for another 6 hours

                        6+ hours for 100 miles? I thought we were talking about a bike ride, not walking! 😉

                        Do a century in some mountains or even some serious hills, and get back to me. lol

                        Can I start at the top?

                        lol. If you finish back at the top.

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