Wednesday, July 31, 2019

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. 



Tuesday, July 30, 2019

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.