Yep, 100 miles.
That's right ... On my bicycle.
Yep, in one day.
No, my butt is fine.
Nope, I'm not crazy.
Yes, I know you don't like to drive that far.
As I type this, I've done a total of 321 miles in September. By the time you read this, I will almost certainly have even more miles ridden.
So far, I've raised $2,911, hoping to get to $5,000 by the end of the challenge.
If you'd like to help out or just follow along, feel free to visit my GCC profile page:
To be honest, at the beginning of the ride, I wanted to get at least 80 miles over the course of the day, but wasn't planning on necessarily hitting the Century mark.
I didn't get started nearly as early as I did on my First #GCCUSA2023 Ride. I guess I started just before sunrise, so I didn't actually ride in the dark at all.
Like in the First #GCCUSA2023 Ride, I started down the Platte River Path into and north of Denver. This time, though, instead of heading so far north, I headed along the Clear Creek Path back west.
Unlike the First #GCCUSA2023 Ride, I wasn't trying to keep the ride as flat as possible.
It seems like every time I go from the Platte River Trail to the Clear Creek Trail, I make at least one wrong turn, and this time was no exception ... even with the route loaded into my bike computer.
I really wish they did a better job labeling the bike paths up there. You'd think the way I screw it up every time, I'd remember that one spot I always screw up, but I guess it isn't that often I make it up that way.
Regardless, I found my way eventually without losing too much time and effort.
So ... I dropped off my arm warmers and the camel back. Filled up water bottles and continued on my ride.
I headed down towards Chatfield Park. The wind really picked up from the south as I was cycling along the reservoir.
It didn't slow me too much and it was nice having that wind on my back coming back north.
I headed back along the lake and then over to the Platte River trail again. Then up to the Bear Creek trail.
I cycled through Beer Creek Lake Park, and back home to hit 101.42 miles in 5:51:16 moving time.
Even though I didn't plan the route to be fast and flat like my First #GCCUSA2023 Ride, I finished this ride even faster.
Not only was my moving time faster, but my total Elapsed Time was also faster by a couple of minutes (6:15:13 vs 6:18:15)
I averaged 17.3 mi/h, which is pretty fast for an old couch potato like me over 100 miles.
Anyway ... I still have 679 miles to go for the month ... keep an eye on me at
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