6/23/2009
68.88km
2:15:08
This ride will go down as the ride that I consumed the most ounces of liquid per hour. Temps in Florida were in the mid 90’s during the day and the low’s were 80 – 83. The plan was to ride from Madera Beach down along Gulf Boulevard the over to the island that is de Soto Beach. It was 20 miles out then 20 miles back. We had spent the previous day on de Soto Beach and there’s lot’s of great riding along the beach and the road to the beach. I had packed 2 24oz bottles of Gatorade and thought that would be enough for the 40 mile ride. At the half way point I was more than half way thru my second bottle so with about 15 miles to go I stopped at a 7/11 and bought 2 more 20oz bottles of Gatorade. Those were gone by the time I got back to my van. Once the ride was over I finished off the rest of the 64oz bottle for a total of 104 oz for the ride.
