I wore my Red Rider Jersey, since I did get low on the 100 miler it was a perfect fit.
5 Months
17 Seasons
238 Episodes of The Amazing Race (from season 1 to 17)
2,510 Miles all while riding on your trainer
Stephen Parker you are the official winner of the Ride Across America on your trainer "Parker style". I think I have been watching the amazing race too much. What a feeling. What a relief at the same time. I was over 300 miles away from my goal at the start of the week, I had set a goal back in November to finish this challenge before April 1. I was right on track until our little Moab excursion, I just lost my fire I guess after taking a couple days off in Moab.
For some wild reason I thought I could just ride morning and night to achieve this goal, 25 in the morning 50 at night. I did just that though, I cranked it out so to speak :-), then tonight I rode 100 miles straight to finish the race. It was not easy but I can sure tell you now it was sure a good feeling.
The only draw back is now that the real season is starting up I am out of steam. I may have to take a few weeks off then find a new challenge. I would like to try and get into the LatoJa this year, I have been trying the last few years but not getting the lottery draw yet. Maybe this will be the lucky year.
Comments:
Anne said…
That is awesome Stephen! Way to conquer your goal!
Monday, April 11, 2011 8:46:42 PM
Magan said…
How are you calculating your speed? Are you measuring it off your back tire? I can’t seem to get a accurate speed when I sub track the resistance, I can never go as fast on the trainer as I can on the road.
32 MPH is Tour speed, quite a number to sustain for 100 miles. Good Job.
Sunday, April 17, 2011 3:25:03 PM
Stephen said…
I have it hooked to my back tire, I have a magnetic trainer not a fluid one so the resistance is not as accurate, I can’t maintain those speed on the road more like 25 on the road with the wind resistance.
Monday, April 18, 2011 9:04:26 AM
Jodi said…
Impressive to me either way- I can’t even imagine riding that far chained to the same place for that many miles!
Tuesday, April 19, 2011 7:53:39 AM