The main culprit was the I forgot to bring money. No cash or plastic. All I had with me were my water bottles and three of the protein bars that I made up at home. The money issue never even occured to me until we got to our first rest stop. By that point, I just had to hope for the best.
I didn't have too much to worry about for water. I was able to fill my bottles at every rest stop where we took a break. I rationed out my protein bars to last the entire ride. It just wasn't enough. My normal purchase a rest stop normall consists of:
- Two bottles of Gatroade/Powerade for my water bottles
- Some sort of grainy PowerBar
- An occasional can of soda for the caffeine/sugar push
- (LUNCH: 6-inch sub, baked Lay's chips and a soda)
So I had none of that. At about mile 60 (lunch was at mile 52), I started falling behind. I couldn't keep up with the crew. By mile 80, I think I had "bonked"...which is the official bicycling term for being done. I someone grinded out those last 20 miles, but I was miserably slow. It was painful to watch...and likely no better to experience.
Thank you to Bill Johnson for holding back for me when he could have EASILY cruised ahead with the pack.
Moral of the story: 100 miles = BRING MONEY!
I am so sorry I wasn't there the whole time. You should have asked me at the first stop. You know I am always happy to help you out. Any of the others would have too. I think I did that on my first century or one early one anyway. I had to borrow a 5 or so from someone for the day. It was HOT too!!!
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