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Devil Mountain Double Century: 206 miles and 18,870+ Vertical Feet
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Done. The Devil Mountain Double Century at 206.0 miles and 18,800 vertical fee of climbing.
Clock time: 14:13 Roll time: 13:29:54 Power (watts)*: 187.9 Heart rate**: 124.0 Ascent: 18,827' Distance: 207.0 (nominal 206) Kilojoules*: 9087 (8687 calories)
Speed**: 15.34 mph * Power and kilojoules computed while pedaling only ** Heart rate and speed averages while rolling (does not average in rest stops)
I had some tight hamstrings, some patella pain, and some painful toes, but otherwise things went as well as I could have hoped for.
I suppose I could have worked harder and got sub-14 (easily done just by cutting 14 minutes off the 45 minutes or so of rest stops, and avoiding wasting a few minutes at the end before time was taken), but sub-13 would be much harder. Still, I am quite happy with my results at #13.
142 riders completed the full course
I had my sluggish spots (I’ll never eat a chicken sandwich for lunch on a double century again— too much protein kills my performance), and my sympathy to the hopeful rider who caught me at the Crothers rest stop, and who I then instantly dropped in an unequivocal way on Sierra Road (not really very hard I thought), as my chicken sandwich cleared out and my power returned.
Now I need to get down to race weight, which means a strict diet with a calorie deficit for 2 months. Hard to do, but 6 pounds to lose to get lean.
