Once you’ve ridden a “double metric” you’ve gone farther than most “hard core” riders will ever go.
125 miles. Approximately 8 hours riding time.
About 43,000 revolutions of your cranks.
You will climb a mountain before you see lunch.
You’ll spend most of the day laughing.
Someone will assume that because you are on a bicycle, you must be local, and they will ask you for directions to some place you’ve never heard of.
A century (100 miles at one time) is roughly equivalent to a marathon. So a “double metric” is about 1.25 marathons.
Starting in Peachtree City, 125 miles would take you to the south end of Lake Eufala, or to Albany, Georgia.
125 miles is higher than John Glenn’s orbital altitude.
You will burn about 400 calories per hour, or 3200 calories in the day. The normal subsistence level is 1200 to 1500 calories per day. So you will use more than two days energy on the ride.
You won’t burn any fossil fuels doing it.
You may break 40 mph on the descent from the top of Pine Mountain.
And no one in your office will believe a word you say.
Oh, yeah, faster than the speed limit down the hill! Only time I'll ever do that!
ReplyDeleteAll that calorie stuff... does that mean I'll have a day when I actually won't gain weight just thinking about food?
There are no calories in ride food. (grins)
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