Indy to Springfield Illinois

205 miles. 3,700 ft of climbing. 15.5 hours.

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/30622173

 

~ mile 50, cheese sandwich

~ mile 60, liquid refill, chocolate milk, hersey bar.  

~mile 100, liquid refill, naked shake, chocolate milk, vitamin water.  

somewhere around here another cheese sandwich on the bike.

~mile 140 subway 6" sub, sprite, liquid refill.  

~mile 190 liquid refill, pepsi, vitamin water

While planning the route an happened across this street view on GoogleMaps.  Safe to say, I avoided this road.  

Good morning.  Somewhere between Greenastle IN and Rosedale IN.  

Cheers for Clinton IN. 

I thought there was more than corn in Indiana...wait, this is Illinois.  My bad.  

I love these narrow roads.  I haven't seen a car for hours.

About 50 miles between town.  Between the towns, this is what I see.

About 10 miles to Sprinfield.  Much needed liquid refill.  

Sleep well my friend. 

 

2019 Alaska Soltice 600k

373 miles. 12,000 feet of elevation gain. 30hrs30min

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/30730352

Mile 43 egg omelette, coffee, water, bottle re-fill.

Mile 138 grilled cheese, grilled cheese to go, fries, coke, water, bottle re-fill, extra water bottle for jersey pocket. (Lack of services)

Mile 185, wayside, bottle re-fill.

Mile 215, wayside, bottle re-fill.  

Mile 246, Youngs hotel. Bottle re-fill, then off.  Riding through. 

~Mile 260, ate half of my grilled cheese sandwich and a hard boiled egg. 

~ Mile 280, ate the other half of my grilled cheese, emptied my spare water. 

~311 control 6, ranger station.  Station closed, no water.  Hopping Posty's Trading Post is open at mile 336. 

mile 336, Posty's Trading Post.  Open! Ice cream, chocolate, pop, chips, water, bottle re-fill.  Enough to get me to the finish at mile 373. 

Mile 373, finished after 30hrs and 30min. 

I ate hard-boiled eggs, (4 I think), at different times, forgot exact mileage.  Also drank a couple recoverers through the ride, don't recall how many or at what times.  Also had to take a couple caffeine pills through the night. 

Some vids:

2019 Dirty Kanza 200

209 miles (~9 bonus miles) ~11,000 ft of elevation (per my garmin). 17hrs 57mins

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/30707399?privacy_code=FAqpEyss4C7agug6

~mile 64. Gas station. Cheese sandwich, chocolate milk, Recoverer, water refill. 

~mile 99. Oasis. Water refill, Recoverer.

~mile 120. Oasis. Water refill, Recoverer.

~mile 152. Gas station. Cheese sandwich, Chocolate mile, Coke, Naked, water refill, Recoverer.

Highlights:

I didn't have support at check points, so I refilled supplies at gas stations.  

Water oasis 2 I forgot my hydo pack.  I didn't realize that I didn't have my pack until my wife called me because my SPOT hasn't moved, this was 4 miles down the road. 

At the final (2nd) checkpoint I noticed my cable for my dyno hub was pulled out of the connector at the hub.  Instead of fixing there, at the gas station, in the daylight, I decided that I had a very good helmet light and I didn't need it.  When night started creeping in I turned on my helmet light and all was good. When night arrived, my helmet light went out.  I faffed with the helmet light for a few, but
to no avail.  Since it was dark and I had no light, I decided to take it easy on the roads until I found a spectator with a flash light so I could repair my dyno light.  Bad idea.  I didn't see a rut on a down hill and I went down hard.  I found a spectator at the top of the next hill, borrowed a flash light, repaired my light, and finished the ride without further issues. 

I woke up in the middle of the night after finishing the ride and my knee was the size of a watermelon.  I had a serious impact injury.  After a trip to the doctor office the Xrays were negative, just extremely swollen.  Actually, to this day, 3 months later, the knee is still swollen and I don't have full movement. 

Indiana randonneurs 400k 20190518

258 miles 11,000 ft of elevation.  22hrs30min

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/14086576

Checklist:

~mile 26, Mcdonalds.  Egg sandwich, hash browns, and coffee.

~mile 60, Subway. Foot long sub.  6" there, 6" for road. Chips and cookies

~mile 88 Starbucks. Cheese sandwich.  Coffee for sure.

~mile 111 Cheese sandwich. liquids.

~mile 140 liquids.

~mile 145, the remaining 6" sub, chips. 
Caffeine pill

~mile 195 liquids.

~mile 232 liquids, then dashed to the end. 

Ohio Fleche 20190503

225 miles 5,070 ft of elevation, 23.5hours per fleche rules. +20 miles and 1.5hrs because I rode to the start. 

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29637201?fbclid=IwAR1FcRJNo-jeqrKYpKb7stpFu3RauSaDttx_vRcAyCByIJ8b17bsZtX_UG8

Indiana Randonneurs 300k 2019/05/04

186miles 6,049ft of climbing 17hrs33min

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29884885

Indiana Randos 200k 2019/04/23

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/7424422

125.7miles 4,215ft of climbing in 9hrs15min.

Story Inn:

2018 Tuscobia 160

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29072761


Weather:
Low of 6Deg high of 14deg

Head:
Balaclava with cycling cap.  Ended up removing the cap because of too much sweat.
Torso:
Wicking short sleeve shirt
Hydo system with hose through sleeves.
Vapor barrier
Soft shell jacket.
Legs:
Cycling shorts, wool tights, craft pants.
Hands:
Cobra fist pogies and no gloves for a lot of the ride.  Added thin wool gloves at some points.  When not using gloves, kept them in the pogies to dry and keep warm.  Also kept food and GoPro in pogies. 
Feet:
Base swift sock, vapor barrier, Wigwam thick wool sock.  End of the ride the wind picked up and I had to add chemical warmers. Sorel -40deg boots. 

Dress worked well for temps I rode in.  

Filled water and ate soup and grilled cheese at checkpoints.  On the bike I had Larabars, granola bars, and biscuits with butter.    I had chocolate covered espresso beans and Hershey chocolate bars for a treat and caffeine.  I feel I did a fine job keeping fed and hydrated. 

On the bike I ensured I had spare gloves, balaclava, long sleeve wool shirt, short sleeve wicking shirt, and spare socks along with mandatory gear. 

St. Louis 400k 9/29/2018

Weather:
70s

252.2 miles 5318 ft

https://ridewithgps.com/users/866223/routes