| Re: Planning a very long ride - 8 hrs
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In article <o1ojc05qfqndt3piisbmfg36rrlok6jeg0@4ax.com>,
Badger_South <Badger@South.net> wrote:
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>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:
>
>Ride for three hours, then 30 min rest (and take a shower?), eat, then ride
>for 2 hours, repeat rest, then ride for an hour, repeat rest, then ride
>final 2 hours. Does that seem like a good scheme? 3-2-1-2?
>
>People who do touring and stuff ride about 8 hours a day for like 2 weeks.
>'Course they're sightseeing so it's more fun. It would probably require a
>"support crew" to bring food and change of clothes and stuff. If you were
>gonna do it how would you break it up?
>
>I'm thinking the mental aspect would be the most difficult. Gonna try and
>get the family interested in it to help with that.
>
>I'm sure some here would say 'just ride for the 8 hours, what's the big
>deal', but that would be OK for those who have ridden a lot (like frequent
>3-4 hour rides), but my longest ride has been 3.5 hours, and only did that
>once. I'm hoping to get some posts on others who have done something like
>this, and their experiences vs the initial expectations.
>
>I plan to start the ride early in the AM, like 5-ish, or first light.
> o 5:30-8:30
> o 9:00-11:00
_ I suspect you won't leave the house after this break. A steady
effort with short breaks is much easier on the body. If you take
an hour off and eat, that's pretty much a recipe for cramps and
upset. Also, with the schedule of "breaks" it would be easy to
over exert yourself in the early efforts. If you're going to
take a long break, 2-3 hours is much better.
> o 12:-1
> o 2-4pm
>
_ I'm not sure I see the point of this effort, but whatever
floats your boat. If you can ride for 3 hours, you can ride
for 8 if you eat, drink and set a reasonable pace. It's not
as hard as you're making it. The hardest part about such a
long ride is getting the bike comfortable and learning how
to drink enough.
_ Booker C. Bense
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