300km Brevet
This past weekend was the DC Randonneurs 300km brevet. it only had 9000' of climbing as opposed to last year's which had around 14,000' of climbing. After the first mile, I decided to see how strong I was and started chasing down two people who went off the front. What I should have done was stayed in the pack, the road tilted gradually up and within 5 miles of the start line, two large groups of riders had passed me. I spent the rest of the day chasing after a small group with Chris Mento and Carol in it. I ended up finishing the 300km brevet in 15 hours versus 18 hours for last year's with the extra climbing.
My main problem? I left my waterbottles at home and so I couldn't use any of the Perpetuem I had brought with me. That meant fueling with Powerbars and stopping for food (Subway and McDonalds) along the way. Once again, I express my love for Anti-Fatigue Caps. When my legs were feeling shot, I'd down one of those and within a few minutes, I was ready to go.
I was hoping to do the hilly 300km brevet this saturday, but I'm feeling like I may need a rest week, so I may try to do the hilly 300km route after the 400km brevet next week. We'll see.
