Ober has ridden his road bike twice this week and in shorts (not tights). Thursday was a four hour steady ride. He was pleasantly surprised on his fitness.
Yesterday ended up being a 115 mile; 6 hour ride. He expected a 105 - I would guess 5 hour ride but at this point, it did not matter. He cracked towards the end more because he did not have enough food.
The ride started at ten of 10 am to meet at the shop where they picked up about 30 other riders. They took up the whole lane and within ten or so minutes, 30 riders turned into 100 riders. The mass of riders hammered for an hour. Twenty miles out, one hour later, the group turned around (an out and back 40 mile ride) and about 8 others continued on for the "105 mile" ride.
Steady riding for another three hours, Ober was feeling pretty good. They had to have a food stop at mini-mart. A young ex-pro did not eat enough food before the ride and needed a real food. They rested/ate for about a half hour. I don't remember what happened at this point but Brad said the last two hours were rough. I guess Brad didn't have or eat enough or the right kind of food for the ride, either as his legs turned to jello after four hours of hard and steady riding. He did not realize it until he found out they had one more hour/15 miles to get home. John Elgart had some gu but that wasn't enough for Brad. So he ended up getting a burrito and eating half of it. He survived.
John and Brad met Linda (John's wife) and Rick who had peeled off the ride about 4 hrs into the ride - and Brad saw this huge chocolate cake. Rick asked if he wanted anything and Ober wanted the cake. Rick's wife kindly said no as it was for one of their girl's birthday party. That evening after John, Linda and Brad chowed down on pizza. Later, Brad went out on a search of chocolate cake. Finally, he had his cake and ate it, too.
