My First Century Ride Cross Country and Back
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 105.8 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3,035 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Very difficult
- Elevation loss
- 3,035 ft
- Max elevation
- 532 ft
- TrailRank
- 19
- Min elevation
- -25 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 9 hours 30 minutes
- Coordinates
- 4514
- Uploaded
- April 22, 2015
- Recorded
- April 2015
near Cacandee Settlement, Chaguanas (Republic of Trinidad and Tobago)
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Itinerary description
Whew Mission Accomplished. So in life there are some things in your bucket list that lingers or quite a while. For amateur or part time cyclist like myself, completing 100 miles in a day remains an Everest. Blame "youtube" on this one. So with less than a month after doing a 58 miles test run, I went for it. The first 55 miles was simple enough. Getting back was 80 % mental with the last 15 miles 95 %. Doing it in less than 10 hours including stops was my goal. Hats off to professional cyclist with their "iron butts". The route is a very scenic cross-country tour. To try and beat the projected hot weather, I started at 5.00 am. As there are no cycling route in T&T, as a cyclist you have to compete with vehicular traffic. This route was mostly not too busy. The scenery starts at Gran- Couva with it's gently rolling hills. From there it's then to Tabaquite Junction. A left turn carries you thru to Rio Claro. On the Rio Stretch there are a lot of heavy trucks along to Mayaro. Along the way I topped up on Gatorade and water at Rio Claro and Mayaro. I took a half an hour break at Mayaro after reaching just after 4 hours. The return trip saw me taking another break at a shed along the way. That stop was to rest my posterior and not my legs. I really need to get a Brooks Saddle now. The return leg became a battle due to the hot weather that day. All in all maybe a circuit tour around Trinidad is worth looking at, with a couple overnight stops.
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Samuel, great ride 💪💪💯🚴! I’m working up to reach the 100km mark but welcome the company. If you should be doing this again. Keep me posted. Wishing you great adventures.