Comments | encapsulate: I need a new hobby. (TL;DR, Not LJ Cutting it! Sucks to be you.)

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I need a new hobby. (TL;DR, Not LJ Cutting it! Sucks to be you.)

Aug 17, 2009 11:19

Yesterday I completed the Portland Century. 100 miles by bicycle. As far as events go, it is comparable to a marathon. Keep in mind the first marathon runner, Phidippides, died shortly after running the 26 miles from Marathon to Athens.

Saturday, as we were driving to a coworkers birthday party, joeyfalconetti was telling me "You'll want to quit. You'll ( Read more... )

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kimie August 17 2009, 19:08:49 UTC

Holy crap, that's a lot of riding. We saw a bunch of bikers on Marine Drive and wondered what was going on. Obviously it was a race of some sort with the #'s on peoples backs!

encapsulate August 18 2009, 01:34:35 UTC

That was us! Well... likely not me...unless you were there in the late afternoon.

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encapsulate August 18 2009, 01:35:10 UTC

I'm thinking of doing STP (Seattle to Portland) next summer.

belladonnalin August 17 2009, 23:39:18 UTC

I'm totally amazed by this. Seriously, you went from barely riding to a 100 mile bike ride! That is all kinds of impressive.

encapsulate August 18 2009, 01:34:51 UTC

Thanks!

litlbuddha August 17 2009, 23:56:29 UTC

You better be keeping ice on that knee! Ice on and off till about Wednesday then add heat. In fact 10-20 min ice then alternate with 10-20 min heat. That should aid in recovery. I then suggest seeing if you can find a Massage Therapist to do a little work on those legs plus hopefully you are still doing your stretches for that leg.

Aside from that. Fucking rock on! That is an amazing feat no matter what way you slice it.

encapsulate August 18 2009, 01:34:17 UTC

Ooh, Ice! I did not start on that! I'll need to do it. And yes... I've been stretching my Iliotibial band!

aprilstarchild August 18 2009, 00:21:50 UTC

Yaaay!! *throws confetti*