We did it in 5.7 hours of ride time...6.5 hrs total with stops. We averaged 17.8 mph. And we still had energy left at the end. I was pretty impressed with our little pack. There were four of us that rode together for the entire ride, so we were able to work on our drafting abilities. All in all, we had a blast. There were some times during the ride that we felt beat, but we were able to recover. What we found interesting, looking back on the ride, was that we all "bonked" and then recovered at different times during the ride. This turned out to be a good thing because when one of us was hit, the others were able to carry him until he recovered. The one thing I have to remember is to eat enough at regular intervals and not when I am starting to feel the affects. It wasn't an easy ride, don't get me wrong. 10 miles into it, we started going up hill... and it was a decent set of hills. The other kicker was that after 80+ miles of ridding (the last 50 of which had been nice easy rolling hills and flatland), we hit the Issaquah/Fall city road and proceeded to climb for the next 3 miles up onto the Issaquah plateau...that wasn't the most fun of climbs...but we made it and it was mostly down hill from there after the last stop.
It was a great ride and increased our confidence of our ability to ride the STP in one day. Yes, it will take us 13-14 hours which is a long time to be in the saddle, but the hills that were in the Flying Wheels ride, will not be nearly as bad in the STP (or so I am told). Its less then two weeks now. Its coming up quick!
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