| Re: Planning a very long ride - 8 hrs
On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 21:02:39 -0400, "Roger Zoul" <rogerzoul2@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>Badger_South wrote:
>:: On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 18:46:43 -0400, Rick Onanian <spamsink@cox.net>
>:: wrote:
>::
>::: On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 12:48:12 -0400, Badger_South <Badger@South.net>
>::: wrote:
>:::: I'm toying with the idea of doing a long ride this fall, after a
>:::: summer of 400 mile/months, and I'm interested in some ideas as to
>:::: pacing. Here's something I've been thinking about:
>::: <snip>
>:::
>::: You're not ready.
>:::
>::: Work up to it. Do a 4 hour ride this weekend. Add a half hour or an
>::: hour every weekend.
>::
>:: I'm not ready, in regards to what? Are you saying I could -not- do
>:: this ride at my current level of training by, say Oct?
>
>I think he suggested you work up to an 8-hour ride over time, rather than
>just jumping to 8 hours of total riding per day.
>
>You know, there are people who have PhDs (like Ed Burke) and years of riding
>experience combined who write books on training for long rides (and other
>stuff regarding cycling). You're educated, but a noob to riding...why not
>avail yourself of accumlated knowledge and hard-won time in the saddle?
I understand the need to build up. But IMO, it should be possible to do the
8 hours on a bike in the staged way I mentioned, on a fairly flat course
without too much trouble. Note that I said above that I planned to do it in
the fall, and would be ramping up, but I doubt if I'll ride anything over 4
hours in training. I want to see what happens when I push it, and have to
dig deep. If you compare those guys who do adventure racing, they don't
come anywhere -near- those kinds of miles in their training. Heh, if
playboy bunnies can nearly finish a 6-10 day race in Borneo, surely I can
do a measley 8 hours on a bike in the flat and level, eh?
But thanks for the comments, honestly, Rog.
-B
>
>::
>:: Bet me $500, and I'll do it tomorrow, big guy! ;->
>::
>:: -B
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