What it's like to ride 900 km in a day
I once did 250 km and change in a single day (a trip with Amsterdam as start and end counterclockwise around the IJsselmeer). When I was 21 and probably the fittest I've been in my life. Afsluitdijk seemed like it would never end, 30 km straight against a terrible headwind (but the whole trip has hardly any elevation change). I peed green stuff and had major skin damage on the inside of my thighs afterwards. Having to go up two flights of stairs with my relatively light racing bike at the end nearly did me in.<p>900 km in a day sounds like an incredible feat to me and I'm super impressed with it, but I would really wonder about the kind of impact that has on your body.<p>I slept for more than a day after that trip and I swore I would never do it again (and I didn't).