For the past three years, I've joined Coach Cane and City Coach for the Annual No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn Century Ride on June 21st (Summer Solstice). The ride starts at 7 pm in Prospect Park and consists of 30 laps of the park, resulting in 102 miles. Every year, I've both loved and hated the ride.
Being in Texas, I knew I needed to challenge myself to a solstice ride. While helping Katie get more comfortable on her bike at the Veloway, I realized it was the best case substitute with the loop being 3.1 miles. I couldn't start at 7 pm b/c the veloway closes at dark, so I figured I'd start at sunrise. I got up at 5 am, loaded the car, and headed down to the Veloway. I started riding at 6:29 am, which was listed as the sunrise for the longest day of the year. My original plan was to not only ride a century, but to set a new distance PR for myself. However as the morning wore on, the heat, humidity, and wind really took a toll on me. I struggled to finish the ride, but I stuck it out and did 33 laps to log 102.3 miles. Riding solo definitely made things more difficult, but I did my best to carry on the City Coach tradition.
Katie also challenged herself today. She's still working on her cycling strength and feeling more comfortable on the bike, but she logged a metric century and set a new distance PR for herself by 42 miles!
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