Matt Settle laid out a great course for the first 200km Brevet of the season. Ed Pavelka came down and was the first in by almost two hours. We have some strong riders down here, so my hats off to him. I was suffering a bit as most of my riding had been flat stuff leading up to Sebring. I mixed my perpetuem REALLY thick. Normally I had been drinking 3 scoops in 2 hours. At Sebring, I drank three scoops/hour. So for the brevet, I tried 5 scoops over 2 hours. Definitely a bad choice. My stomach was cramping up and I ended up slowing down and spending a lot of time at the lunch stop just letting my stomach settle. The weather warmed up significantly, but I had no place to put my jacket, so I ended up wearing it and my tights for the duration of the event. I definitely need a larger Camelback. I got a flat about 10 miles from the end that took an inordinate amount of time to repair and then as I put my bike in my car I noticed my rear tire was flat as well. The tire was shot and a small pebble cut right through to the tube, so I will just use if on the trainer from now on.
"200 km Brevet"
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