Planning a very long ride - 8 hrs - Page 19 - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

06-12-2004, 02:34 PM

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 16:16:03 +0000, Badger_South wrote:

>
> Nix that. I have a couple ppl who will help me. I want to be lean and
> light, not lugging food. Maybe at some future time, b/c a 'self-supported'
> ride is definitely a neat goal. But this time, I'm gonna do it like a 10K
> race, on a loop and have friends throw me sponges and food, heh-heh. There
> might even be balloons and strippers! ;-p
>

If you tell us when and where, somebody could paint "go Badger go !" on
the road, provided you accept to throw empty bottles for us to collect !

>>I would definitely not try to take showers in the middle of the ride, as
>>this would "soften" me too much; and if no shower, why change clothes ?
>
> Well, I've done a couple long runs and it definitely helped me to jump in
> the lake along the route (I had fresh socks and took off my shoes). I'll
> pretend it's a duathlon, like bike-swim-bike, 'kay? ;-)
>

So you need your team to carry a full size swimming pool for you along
the road ?

Jacques

06-12-2004, 04:27 PM

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 19:25:46 -0400, Badger_South <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:
>On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 18:46:43 -0400, Rick Onanian <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>>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'm saying that you're not ready to do this ride today. You could do
it, but it will be painful, and not worth it. Why make biking into
hard work? It should be fun and feel good.

On the +.5hr plan I suggested above, you'll be ready before
September.

>Bet me $500, and I'll do it tomorrow, big guy! ;->

Egads! I'd have to pay money, AND feel bad for making you painful?
--
Rick Onanian

06-12-2004, 04:27 PM

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 19:25:46 -0400, Badger_South <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:
>On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 18:46:43 -0400, Rick Onanian <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>>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'm saying that you're not ready to do this ride today. You could do
it, but it will be painful, and not worth it. Why make biking into
hard work? It should be fun and feel good.

On the +.5hr plan I suggested above, you'll be ready before
September.

>Bet me $500, and I'll do it tomorrow, big guy! ;->

Egads! I'd have to pay money, AND feel bad for making you painful?
--
Rick Onanian

06-12-2004, 04:27 PM

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 19:25:46 -0400, Badger_South <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:
>On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 18:46:43 -0400, Rick Onanian <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>>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'm saying that you're not ready to do this ride today. You could do
it, but it will be painful, and not worth it. Why make biking into
hard work? It should be fun and feel good.

On the +.5hr plan I suggested above, you'll be ready before
September.

>Bet me $500, and I'll do it tomorrow, big guy! ;->

Egads! I'd have to pay money, AND feel bad for making you painful?
--
Rick Onanian

06-12-2004, 04:27 PM

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 19:25:46 -0400, Badger_South <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:
>On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 18:46:43 -0400, Rick Onanian <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>>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'm saying that you're not ready to do this ride today. You could do
it, but it will be painful, and not worth it. Why make biking into
hard work? It should be fun and feel good.

On the +.5hr plan I suggested above, you'll be ready before
September.

>Bet me $500, and I'll do it tomorrow, big guy! ;->

Egads! I'd have to pay money, AND feel bad for making you painful?
--
Rick Onanian

06-12-2004, 04:27 PM

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 19:25:46 -0400, Badger_South <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:
>On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 18:46:43 -0400, Rick Onanian <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>>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'm saying that you're not ready to do this ride today. You could do
it, but it will be painful, and not worth it. Why make biking into
hard work? It should be fun and feel good.

On the +.5hr plan I suggested above, you'll be ready before
September.

>Bet me $500, and I'll do it tomorrow, big guy! ;->

Egads! I'd have to pay money, AND feel bad for making you painful?
--
Rick Onanian

06-12-2004, 04:33 PM

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 07:39:08 -0400, Badger_South <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:
>I think it will be a lot easier to get those 40 milers if I don't think of
>it as one long ride, but perhaps as three 13 milers (I have a 13 mile
>loop).
>
>It's amazing how it can be a stumper to start out thinking 'jeeze the
>schedule says I'm riding 25 miles today for the third day in a row -
>blech', but when I get to the 20 mile point I'm thinking 'wow, were did the
>time (and the miles) go?'.

Another thing that helps is to drop the schedule, drop the map, and
just ride without a plan. I did that today. My intention was to ride
in the general direction of a bike path that I haven't ridden since
last year, and see how far it goes now. I ended up finding my way
onto it via a shortcut through the woods. Rode it to it's end, which
had only been extended a half mile or so (lame!). On the way back,
met up with a guy who was riding about my speed, and rode with him
the whole length of the path. Total ride distance: 40.5 miles.

I haven't been riding much at all lately, and am out of shape as a
result; everything hurts just a little bit.

Empty bike paths are nice.
--
Rick Onanian

06-12-2004, 04:33 PM

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 07:39:08 -0400, Badger_South <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:
>I think it will be a lot easier to get those 40 milers if I don't think of
>it as one long ride, but perhaps as three 13 milers (I have a 13 mile
>loop).
>
>It's amazing how it can be a stumper to start out thinking 'jeeze the
>schedule says I'm riding 25 miles today for the third day in a row -
>blech', but when I get to the 20 mile point I'm thinking 'wow, were did the
>time (and the miles) go?'.

Another thing that helps is to drop the schedule, drop the map, and
just ride without a plan. I did that today. My intention was to ride
in the general direction of a bike path that I haven't ridden since
last year, and see how far it goes now. I ended up finding my way
onto it via a shortcut through the woods. Rode it to it's end, which
had only been extended a half mile or so (lame!). On the way back,
met up with a guy who was riding about my speed, and rode with him
the whole length of the path. Total ride distance: 40.5 miles.

I haven't been riding much at all lately, and am out of shape as a
result; everything hurts just a little bit.

Empty bike paths are nice.
--
Rick Onanian

06-12-2004, 04:33 PM

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 07:39:08 -0400, Badger_South <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:
>I think it will be a lot easier to get those 40 milers if I don't think of
>it as one long ride, but perhaps as three 13 milers (I have a 13 mile
>loop).
>
>It's amazing how it can be a stumper to start out thinking 'jeeze the
>schedule says I'm riding 25 miles today for the third day in a row -
>blech', but when I get to the 20 mile point I'm thinking 'wow, were did the
>time (and the miles) go?'.

Another thing that helps is to drop the schedule, drop the map, and
just ride without a plan. I did that today. My intention was to ride
in the general direction of a bike path that I haven't ridden since
last year, and see how far it goes now. I ended up finding my way
onto it via a shortcut through the woods. Rode it to it's end, which
had only been extended a half mile or so (lame!). On the way back,
met up with a guy who was riding about my speed, and rode with him
the whole length of the path. Total ride distance: 40.5 miles.

I haven't been riding much at all lately, and am out of shape as a
result; everything hurts just a little bit.

Empty bike paths are nice.
--
Rick Onanian

06-12-2004, 04:33 PM

On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 07:39:08 -0400, Badger_South <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:
>I think it will be a lot easier to get those 40 milers if I don't think of
>it as one long ride, but perhaps as three 13 milers (I have a 13 mile
>loop).
>
>It's amazing how it can be a stumper to start out thinking 'jeeze the
>schedule says I'm riding 25 miles today for the third day in a row -
>blech', but when I get to the 20 mile point I'm thinking 'wow, were did the
>time (and the miles) go?'.

Another thing that helps is to drop the schedule, drop the map, and
just ride without a plan. I did that today. My intention was to ride
in the general direction of a bike path that I haven't ridden since
last year, and see how far it goes now. I ended up finding my way
onto it via a shortcut through the woods. Rode it to it's end, which
had only been extended a half mile or so (lame!). On the way back,
met up with a guy who was riding about my speed, and rode with him
the whole length of the path. Total ride distance: 40.5 miles.

I haven't been riding much at all lately, and am out of shape as a
result; everything hurts just a little bit.

Empty bike paths are nice.
--
Rick Onanian