World Record - Highest Weekly Mileage (HWMR) Ride Report Ingolf Micklisc…
World Record - Highest Weekly Mileage (HWMR) Ride Report Ingolf Micklisch
Day 3 Getting back home at midnight I set alarm up top have a 30-minute power nap plus changing lights and batteries. Unfortunately, the day started bad by simply not hearing the alarm … Just another downside for no crew support. You need to rely on yourself completely. The good thing was that I felt fresher for riding. The bad part was that I lost 3 hours. So milage was down. And that day was kind of bad for me having a flat front in the afternoon which was a quick and easy fix but hit a rock from a construction vehicle later the evening and had bad noise so returned to home base checking and swapping tires. Miles have been down more than I wanted. Those situations showed me that crew support is priceless. Was a low mile day due to that situation.
Day 4 Due to the lost time, I changed strategy a bit more … Went to 2-3 hour sleep a night and reduced number of stops to stop at home base only twice a day and have shorter water refill stops at park on the routes. I could compensate a little bit and improved miles again hoping to go for 2000–2100 miles target. Overall, the 4th day went decent and had no issues during the day. However, I did start using the 5-mile loop even during the day time due to holiday schedule came with lower traffic.
Day 5 Day started well and was happy with performance. The sleep pattern with 3 hours sleep went well and the reduction of stops did no harm. Due to reducing stops I added a few more jelly sandwiches in the jersey pockets. Water was refilled at park and overall performance stayed consistent. Main issue in the morning was heavy fog that caused me to leave glasses off until the fog went away. It was a bit tough for speed since visibility was not very helpful. Still managed it ok. Towards evening the weather changed a bit unexpected. Wind turned around a few times and start getting stronger.
Day 6 What a change to the day before. I was rested enough but the wind starts getting annoying and no expectation to calm down. Normally I do not mind with wind but this time it was mostly head and cross wind and only short sections tail wind. The overall strategy I kept as is and no changes. Miles had been ok.
