S40 in La Crosse, WI (Mainly a FB Repost)

[YOGA_O]

I know what you're thinking ...

Did I ever do the #BreakthroughT1D ride in La Crosse on Saturday?

Yes, and it was amazing, rewarding, and dare I say amidst all the celebrating, I am once again humbled by the experience of being a small part of a community working towards a common goal.

I'm in awe over the donations I received to make my first ride for diabetes cures, on a real milestone year so memorable. I'm in awe of the 400+ riders who were there with me, including 73 riders with T1D. I'm in awe of the coaches, especially our Breakthrough T1D Ride - Team Northern Florida coach, Carla Voorhees. She is the best!

Also a Huge THANK YOU for the online cheering section and sharing of my posts. They were so motivating.

Some details and a few pictures (more to come)
- 90 miles
- Smiles - Broad
- Avg speed 13.4 mph
- Top speed 26.7 mph
- Insulin boluses during the ride - ZERO
- Low blood glucose episodes during the ride - ZERO
- $1.6+ MILLION (and counting was raised)
- Your donations for my ride = $3,700 (and counting)

My CRUZBIKE S40 was the perfect ride. I was so comfortable and even though I was physically beat at the end of the ride with expected cramps, nothing hurt. The S40 garnered a lot of interest, as it was the only Cruzbike in attendance.

Of note to my fellow Cruzbikers - my bike was shipped to the event and there was a bike room with bike mechanics there to put the bikes together. You might imagine that there was quite the discussion among them on how to build my bike. When I arrived at the bike room to see how everything was going, I only had to mention that I had "the recumbent" and they all knew where my bike was amongst the 400 bikes.

After a test ride, I noticed that the boom wasn't in the right place, and when I mentioned to the mechanic who had worked on my bike that it was the right length but needed to be moved at the stem, he said that couldn't be done because the boom/chainstay angle was "fixed". We then had a discussion about the MBB, and solved the problem.

There's still time to help me reach my goal of $6,000
http://www2.breakthrought1d.org/goto/donatetomike

#WeRideOn until we have a cure!

 

[CruzRider]

Impressive achievement! Both for the ride and the fund raising!!
Thanks for posting.

Did you have issues with recumbutt? Do you have some recommendations to avoid it on a 90 mile ride?

 

[YOGA_O]

Overall, I did not experience recumbutt on this ride. Now were my gluteus maximus muscles sore? You betcha! My hamstrings are still pretty tight, so there's a lot of stretching and walking and trying not to sit too long happening today.

My take is the biggest thing that helped w/r/t recumbutt (and in general) was being on an organized ride with rest stops about every 15ish miles. They had lots of good stuff to help manage blood sugars, along with GU and Scratch electrolyte powders to mix into water bottles/bladders. I sadly didn't start the the electrolyte replenishment soon enough, so I'm sure that didn't help with the cramping I had later. I started at 30 miles in.Next time, I'll start at 0 miles in.

A couple of points I left off my post:

The Race Cage bag was great! I carried my water bladder there, making it super easy to keep drinking. Wrapped around the bladder were a couple of PVA cooling towels, so when I stopped I always could put a cold towel on the back of my neck. I also carried snacks/tools/hats/sun block.

I still haven't gotten comfortable clipping in, so I rode with flat pedals. I discovered as I started to get a little tired on the back half of the Ride, that I must be supinating my right foot, because I had to concentrate a bit more to keep it from sliding off the pedal to the right. OTOH ... maybe I was just leaning the bike to the right the whole time??? ;D

 

[Bo6]

Overall, I did not experience recumbutt on this ride. Now were my gluteus maximus muscles sore? You betcha! My hamstrings are still pretty tight, so there's a lot of stretching and walking and trying not to sit too long happening today.

My take is the biggest thing that helped w/r/t recumbutt (and in general) was being on an organized ride with rest stops about every 15ish miles. They had lots of good stuff to help manage blood sugars, along with GU and Scratch electrolyte powders to mix into water bottles/bladders. I sadly didn't start the the electrolyte replenishment soon enough, so I'm sure that didn't help with the cramping I had later. I started at 30 miles in.Next time, I'll start at 0 miles in.

A couple of points I left off my post:

The Race Cage bag was great! I carried my water bladder there, making it super easy to keep drinking. Wrapped around the bladder were a couple of PVA cooling towels, so when I stopped I always could put a cold towel on the back of my neck. I also carried snacks/tools/hats/sun block.

I still haven't gotten comfortable clipping in, so I rode with flat pedals. I discovered as I started to get a little tired on the back half of the Ride, that I must be supinating my right foot, because I had to concentrate a bit more to keep it from sliding off the pedal to the right. OTOH ... maybe I was just leaning the bike to the right the whole time??? ;D

Good work. I find that it is best to start drinking sips of the electrolyte 15 to 20 minutes into a hot ride, before you even feel thirsty. It helps with my cramps but doesn't completely cure them.