Metric Century – BionicOldGuy

Last Friday I did a metric century (100 km, or 62 miles) which I’d signed up for as a challenge on Strava. I picked a good day for it as it was nice and cool in the morning, starting out at 7 AM and ending up a little before 11. I headed to the four corners around Morgan Hill, northwest first, then “around the reservoirs” (Chesbro and Uvas) which takes you to the Southwest, then down Day road and north on Santa Teresa boulevard before turning east and crossing over the valley, to the Southeast on rural roads in San Martin and Gilroy, the north again onto roads northeast of Morgan Hill. It took me 3 hours 45 minutes which is an average speed of 16.5 mph. My average heart rate was 107 which is a good brisk pace for an OG. I was pretty wiped after this. This is nice for a challenge but hopefully not too often! For the foreseeable future I’d like to keep my longest rides down to about 2 1/2 hours. I gave myself a couple of easy days after Friday and felt fine by Monday.