Last Ride in Florida - Great One

January 29,2010,

A great ride today. Wanted to make my last ride in Florida a good one. The last 6 days I had already had 2 rides over 100 miles. Wanted to see if I could do one more in a seven day period. Did it! I did several different loops during the ride. Did not want to deal with the Florida traffic so I stayed in areas where there was no commercial traffic. I am now getting more confident that I can do the event. The only problem I had was around 3 hour mark when my right lower back started hurting. Slowed down a little and after about 15 minutes the pain went away and I was able to complete the ride without a problem. Had 4 GU gels and one Chomps to sustain myself. Obviously I had water and an energy drink. I will take the next two days off as we drive back to Jersey. The Spinerval workouts that I have been doing on my trainer are a definite plus. Will continue to do them in February.

Total Distance: 106 miles
Total Time: 7 hours and 6 minutes

Phil