Comments on: Tour de Palm Springs – My First Century Bike Ride http://www.declan.net/2010/02/15/tour-de-palm-springs-my-first-century-bike-ride/ Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:58:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Declan’s Blog » Tour de Palm Springs 2011 http://www.declan.net/2010/02/15/tour-de-palm-springs-my-first-century-bike-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-95298 Declan’s Blog » Tour de Palm Springs 2011 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:19:39 +0000 http://www.declan.net/?p=777#comment-95298 [...] me, Kitchen, and Mike. I’d ridden with Kitchen and Mike last year. This was Dante’s first century and, despite the lack of sunscreen, he finished [...] [...] me, Kitchen, and Mike. I’d ridden with Kitchen and Mike last year. This was Dante’s first century and, despite the lack of sunscreen, he finished [...]

]]> By: Steve Rider http://www.declan.net/2010/02/15/tour-de-palm-springs-my-first-century-bike-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-84931 Steve Rider Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:59:38 +0000 http://www.declan.net/?p=777#comment-84931 Congrats on doing a century! I'm the "rogue photographer" mentioned above. Thanks for having the courtesy to include a link to my site. I hope to see you next year. Steve Congrats on doing a century!

I’m the “rogue photographer” mentioned above. Thanks for having the courtesy to include a link to my site.

I hope to see you next year.

Steve

]]> By: Erika http://www.declan.net/2010/02/15/tour-de-palm-springs-my-first-century-bike-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-84622 Erika Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:50:58 +0000 http://www.declan.net/?p=777#comment-84622 Wow, what a big tongue you have! Wow, what a big tongue you have!

]]> By: mdf http://www.declan.net/2010/02/15/tour-de-palm-springs-my-first-century-bike-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-83975 mdf Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:15:19 +0000 http://www.declan.net/?p=777#comment-83975 Awesome writeup and ride! You guys all rock! Wish I could have done it with you... Oh, and happy ten thousandth too, Declan. :-) Awesome writeup and ride! You guys all rock! Wish I could have done it with you…
Oh, and happy ten thousandth too, Declan. :-)

]]> By: Laura Smart http://www.declan.net/2010/02/15/tour-de-palm-springs-my-first-century-bike-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-83957 Laura Smart Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:07:17 +0000 http://www.declan.net/?p=777#comment-83957 Nice work Declan!! A real accomplishment and an inspiration for this gal to push past her 72 mile record and sign up for a century herself. Nice work Declan!! A real accomplishment and an inspiration for this gal to push past her 72 mile record and sign up for a century herself.

]]> By: Liz http://www.declan.net/2010/02/15/tour-de-palm-springs-my-first-century-bike-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-83952 Liz Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:50:15 +0000 http://www.declan.net/?p=777#comment-83952 Declan you are a ROCKSTAR!!! Nice job, bud!! And great photos... Declan you are a ROCKSTAR!!! Nice job, bud!! And great photos…

]]> By: Michele http://www.declan.net/2010/02/15/tour-de-palm-springs-my-first-century-bike-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-83948 Michele Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:59:48 +0000 http://www.declan.net/?p=777#comment-83948 Awesome write up, D! Congrats on the huge accomplishment! I am jealous the majority of your climbing was at the start. When I did mine, they packed all the climbing in after mile 65 - totally brutal! Probably why I've held off attempting another. Awesome write up, D! Congrats on the huge accomplishment! I am jealous the majority of your climbing was at the start. When I did mine, they packed all the climbing in after mile 65 – totally brutal! Probably why I’ve held off attempting another.

]]> By: Jeremy Kitchen http://www.declan.net/2010/02/15/tour-de-palm-springs-my-first-century-bike-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-83934 Jeremy Kitchen Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:24:29 +0000 http://www.declan.net/?p=777#comment-83934 Yea, I think you're insane if you wanna do the grizzly. However, if you do it, I'll certainly give it a try :) By october maybe I'll be ready to do it, we'll see how much ragbrai wipes me out (14,527 feet of gain, 442 miles, over the course of a week, in Iowa summer) at the end of July. Yea, I think you’re insane if you wanna do the grizzly. However, if you do it, I’ll certainly give it a try :) By october maybe I’ll be ready to do it, we’ll see how much ragbrai wipes me out (14,527 feet of gain, 442 miles, over the course of a week, in Iowa summer) at the end of July.

]]> By: declan http://www.declan.net/2010/02/15/tour-de-palm-springs-my-first-century-bike-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-83932 declan Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:27:43 +0000 http://www.declan.net/?p=777#comment-83932 I'm already looking at my next century! Kitchen suggests the LA River Ride, and people at work have mentioned the Grizzly Century! I’m already looking at my next century! Kitchen suggests the LA River Ride, and people at work have mentioned the Grizzly Century!

]]> By: declan http://www.declan.net/2010/02/15/tour-de-palm-springs-my-first-century-bike-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-83931 declan Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:26:41 +0000 http://www.declan.net/?p=777#comment-83931 Really great riding with you as well! Your positive attitude is infectious! Really great riding with you as well! Your positive attitude is infectious!

]]> By: Jenny Driessen http://www.declan.net/2010/02/15/tour-de-palm-springs-my-first-century-bike-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-83929 Jenny Driessen Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:23:33 +0000 http://www.declan.net/?p=777#comment-83929 What a neat experience, and it sounds like you did it just right; with good friends, resty pit stops and with a smile on your face at the end. I couldn't agree with you more regarding the use of ibuprofen throughout a loooooong work out. Why wait until it hurts? That's just silly. Nooooow, are you through with this riding stuff.......or are you already planning your next ride :O) What a neat experience, and it sounds like you did it just right; with good friends, resty pit stops and with a smile on your face at the end. I couldn’t agree with you more regarding the use of ibuprofen throughout a loooooong work out. Why wait until it hurts? That’s just silly.

Nooooow, are you through with this riding stuff…….or are you already planning your next ride :O)

]]> By: Jeremy Kitchen http://www.declan.net/2010/02/15/tour-de-palm-springs-my-first-century-bike-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-83928 Jeremy Kitchen Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:22:33 +0000 http://www.declan.net/?p=777#comment-83928 awesome write-up! Thanks for riding with us, made it a lot of fun! I definitely need to do more hill climbing, that first 40 miles wiped me right out. Also, the ibuprofen thing.. I might have to try that next time. I'm not a huge fan of any sort of medicine really, I don't even have ibuprofen in my house! But I think it would have been a good idea :) Also, I realize I need to do a lot more pre-ride hydration and a lot more on the ride hydration and fooding. I think the main reason I didn't eat nearly as much as I should have been is because it was wrapped up in inconvenient wrappers in my pouch pockets rather than easy-to-nibble servings right in front of me. And for why I didn't drink enough... well, mostly because I only had one bottle in the cage and didn't want to have to stop to refill with the tiny bottles they gave us. So for next time I'm gonna have all 3 cages, maybe all 5 if you count the front fork cages, and just refill them all at each sag stop, and have one be full of some fruity electrolyte drink. Another thing I saw some people had were little tiny sports-capped bottles with hammer gel in them they stuffed in their jersey pockets and just sucked on from time to time. That sounds like a really great idea. Definitely cheaper and more environmentally friendly than the single serving pouches (especially if you do like I did later in the race and tear into a goodie with your teeth and just spit out the wrapper. I feel guilty for doing it but I was pretty much beyond caring about anything other than keeping moving at that point :) Anywho, great riding with you, hope we can do it again! Maybe next time we'll swap bikes, give you a bit of a handicap ;) awesome write-up! Thanks for riding with us, made it a lot of fun! I definitely need to do more hill climbing, that first 40 miles wiped me right out. Also, the ibuprofen thing.. I might have to try that next time. I’m not a huge fan of any sort of medicine really, I don’t even have ibuprofen in my house! But I think it would have been a good idea :)

Also, I realize I need to do a lot more pre-ride hydration and a lot more on the ride hydration and fooding. I think the main reason I didn’t eat nearly as much as I should have been is because it was wrapped up in inconvenient wrappers in my pouch pockets rather than easy-to-nibble servings right in front of me. And for why I didn’t drink enough… well, mostly because I only had one bottle in the cage and didn’t want to have to stop to refill with the tiny bottles they gave us. So for next time I’m gonna have all 3 cages, maybe all 5 if you count the front fork cages, and just refill them all at each sag stop, and have one be full of some fruity electrolyte drink.

Another thing I saw some people had were little tiny sports-capped bottles with hammer gel in them they stuffed in their jersey pockets and just sucked on from time to time. That sounds like a really great idea. Definitely cheaper and more environmentally friendly than the single serving pouches (especially if you do like I did later in the race and tear into a goodie with your teeth and just spit out the wrapper. I feel guilty for doing it but I was pretty much beyond caring about anything other than keeping moving at that point :)

Anywho, great riding with you, hope we can do it again! Maybe next time we’ll swap bikes, give you a bit of a handicap ;)

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