File this under: Beast Mode My friend Peto has been seriously punching life in the face.  Yesterday, he delivered a knock out blow by doing something that seems impossible to me: 425 miles on a bike.  Yea, you read that right.  425. He signed up with a few other local riders for the La Vuelta Puerto Rico, which is a 3 day 375 mile ride.  And because that isn’t hard enough as it is, Peto and friends tacked on another ride before that, pushing the total well over 425 miles.  As a rookie cyclist with a pretty slow average, a century ride seems super tough.  But to go out 4 days in a row and pound out this kind of mileage is really crazy.  Inspiring as hell, but crazy. The text updates were awesome though.  Photos and videos during the short rest stops really brought a smile to my face.  The second day was a 155 mile ride where he maintained an 18.2 average.  Insane.  At mile 105 he had a flat and raced back with a friend to catch the group, going 45 miles without water to catch up.  The very next day was an 80 miler, so the rest certainly was not long at all.  Then another century plus followed that.  Unbelievable. Some of his teammates dropped back on the last day to a slower group, but not this dude.  As I have seen time and time again, he doesn’t tire out in the middle or toward the end like a lot of people.  He seems to thrive and fight harder and getting his texts it was clear there would be no way he would drop to a slower group.  Staying where he was merely fueled him to ride harder. Major props to Peto for completing something so awesome and thanks for the endless inspiration. SIEMPRE ADELANTE
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File this under: Beast Mode

My friend Peto has been seriously punching life in the face.  Yesterday, he delivered a knock out blow by doing something that seems impossible to me: 425 miles on a bike.  Yea, you read that right.  425.

He signed up with a few other local riders for the La Vuelta Puerto Rico, which is a 3 day 375 mile ride.  And because that isn’t hard enough as it is, Peto and friends tacked on another ride before that, pushing the total well over 425 miles.  As a rookie cyclist with a pretty slow average, a century ride seems super tough.  But to go out 4 days in a row and pound out this kind of mileage is really crazy.  Inspiring as hell, but crazy.

The text updates were awesome though.  Photos and videos during the short rest stops really brought a smile to my face.  The second day was a 155 mile ride where he maintained an 18.2 average.  Insane.  At mile 105 he had a flat and raced back with a friend to catch the group, going 45 miles without water to catch up.  The very next day was an 80 miler, so the rest certainly was not long at all.  Then another century plus followed that.  Unbelievable. Some of his teammates dropped back on the last day to a slower group, but not this dude.  As I have seen time and time again, he doesn’t tire out in the middle or toward the end like a lot of people.  He seems to thrive and fight harder and getting his texts it was clear there would be no way he would drop to a slower group.  Staying where he was merely fueled him to ride harder.

Major props to Peto for completing something so awesome and thanks for the endless inspiration.

SIEMPRE ADELANTE

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