This
past weekend, Glenn Sturichio rode a 300K Brevet and had an excellent start to
the season. Glenn is building towards his goal of a 1200K at the end of the summer.
Here
is Glenn’s report about the ride, “It was a death march!! There were 25
riders on the 300k, I was in the lead group of 3 riders - Johan was a beast, he
has been training hard for PBP (and Hall is no slouch, I've ridden with him
before). At about mile 90, I hit the wall. I think I was bonking or
dehydrated - we had good cool weather. I just couldn't sustain any watts
going up hills, so I fell off the back, started spinning and sucked down so gel
& half a water bottle. Took my time at the lunch stop at 93
miles. After lunch, I saw Jonah and Hall about a quarter mile ahead of me
on a rolling river road - I pushed and caught them (~ mile 110). We rode
together to the end, but both Hall and I were in the hurt locker trying to hold
Jonah's wheel - fortunately, he slowed down because there were some nasty
crosswind sections. Overall I was satisfied, since I didn't give up and
the effort was harder than the Ames 200k. My legs are still hurting this
morning and I'm about to get changed to do my recovery ride on the KICKR.
Here
are the numbers:
Miles:
187.8
Avg.
mph: 17.9
TSS:
350
IF:
0.588
KJ:
5400
Saddle
time: about 10:30
Total
time: 12:18”
Way
to go Glenn!!
PCG
Coach: Bill McLaughlin
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