LarryOz
Cruzeum Curator & Sigma Wrangler
Better late than never ! haha
Executive Summary:
On June 12, 2022 at 5:40am I took off on my quest to become the oldest person to ride an unfaired bike 100 miles in under 4-hours. This was on an ordinary road in Savannah Ga with less than average surface quality. I was riding a Cruzbike Prototype built by John Morciglio. It was about 80 degrees F at the start with constant winds at 5mph that steadily increased to >15mph by the end of the attempt.
I felt pretty sluggish after a 2 mile warmup wondering if I could ride twice that hard for 4 hours straight. I rode at an average pace of 26.1mph for the first 50 miles and managed to accumulate a buffer of over 4 minutes above the average goal speed of 25.0 mph. Then I cut back to about 95% max effort. At about the 74 mile mark my right hamstring cramped up. I recovered and continued on with a little less effort trying to hold off any further cramping. At about mile 83 both hamstrings cramped up and again I had to stop pedaling to massage both legs but I did not stop riding. I again gingerly continued an even lower effort level. By this time the wind was also the strongest and I was fatigued and hurting now. The only thing I needed to do was to make sure I did not have to stop and totally abort due to severe cramps. I successfully managed to complete the final 17 miles and finished with a final time of 3:56:58.73. This was good enough to give me several titles:
#1 - Oldest Male to ride unfaired bike 100 miles in under 4 hours (WUCA and GWR)
https://ultracycling.com/archive/re...es-in-under-4-hours-unfaired-bike-2022-06-12/
#2 - Fastest 100 Miles on Road Course on recumbent bike at 3:56:58.73 (WUCA and GWR)
https://ultracycling.com/archive/record/larry-oslund-100-mile-road-record-recumbent-2022-06-12/
#3 - Fastest 100 Km on Road Course on recumbent bike at 02:24:33.65 (WUCA and GWR)
https://ultracycling.com/archive/record/larry-oslund-100-km-road-record-recumbent-2022-06-12/
The course is about a 1.13 mile loop around an Industrial park. The pavement is a little old but there is only 1 way in or out and most of the lots are vacant so the traffic is practically non-existent - especially at 6am on Sunday. Here is a Google Earth view of it. Yeah it’s kind of boring, but for a record attempt that is what you want!
Blessings to all of you who made helped make this possible, Larry Oslund
What is next: Maybe the oldest person to break the 500 mile barrier in less than 24-hours?
NOTE: If you want to read the full report here it is: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xLO5-i1r8E5l4AJp0D7nfEWiX38O4B8bRT8YIJUCRH8/edit?usp=sharing
Executive Summary:
On June 12, 2022 at 5:40am I took off on my quest to become the oldest person to ride an unfaired bike 100 miles in under 4-hours. This was on an ordinary road in Savannah Ga with less than average surface quality. I was riding a Cruzbike Prototype built by John Morciglio. It was about 80 degrees F at the start with constant winds at 5mph that steadily increased to >15mph by the end of the attempt.
I felt pretty sluggish after a 2 mile warmup wondering if I could ride twice that hard for 4 hours straight. I rode at an average pace of 26.1mph for the first 50 miles and managed to accumulate a buffer of over 4 minutes above the average goal speed of 25.0 mph. Then I cut back to about 95% max effort. At about the 74 mile mark my right hamstring cramped up. I recovered and continued on with a little less effort trying to hold off any further cramping. At about mile 83 both hamstrings cramped up and again I had to stop pedaling to massage both legs but I did not stop riding. I again gingerly continued an even lower effort level. By this time the wind was also the strongest and I was fatigued and hurting now. The only thing I needed to do was to make sure I did not have to stop and totally abort due to severe cramps. I successfully managed to complete the final 17 miles and finished with a final time of 3:56:58.73. This was good enough to give me several titles:
#1 - Oldest Male to ride unfaired bike 100 miles in under 4 hours (WUCA and GWR)
https://ultracycling.com/archive/re...es-in-under-4-hours-unfaired-bike-2022-06-12/
#2 - Fastest 100 Miles on Road Course on recumbent bike at 3:56:58.73 (WUCA and GWR)
https://ultracycling.com/archive/record/larry-oslund-100-mile-road-record-recumbent-2022-06-12/
#3 - Fastest 100 Km on Road Course on recumbent bike at 02:24:33.65 (WUCA and GWR)
https://ultracycling.com/archive/record/larry-oslund-100-km-road-record-recumbent-2022-06-12/
The course is about a 1.13 mile loop around an Industrial park. The pavement is a little old but there is only 1 way in or out and most of the lots are vacant so the traffic is practically non-existent - especially at 6am on Sunday. Here is a Google Earth view of it. Yeah it’s kind of boring, but for a record attempt that is what you want!
Blessings to all of you who made helped make this possible, Larry Oslund
What is next: Maybe the oldest person to break the 500 mile barrier in less than 24-hours?
NOTE: If you want to read the full report here it is: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xLO5-i1r8E5l4AJp0D7nfEWiX38O4B8bRT8YIJUCRH8/edit?usp=sharing
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