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Hello,
Are century rides (i.e. 100 miles) usually done in a single ride, or is it broken up into multiple rides? Of course I'm talking about both done in a single day. Regards, Cullen |
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On Sep 20, 6:39*pm, " wrote:
Hello, Are century rides (i.e. 100 miles) usually done in a single ride, or is it broken up into multiple rides? Of course I'm talking about both done in a single day. I almost always try to have a beer in the last 20 miles, and maybe 4 or 9 in the first 80 miles, too. |
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On Sep 20, 7:39*pm, Norman wrote:
On Sep 20, 6:39*pm, " wrote: Hello, Are century rides (i.e. 100 miles) usually done in a single ride, or is it broken up into multiple rides? Of course I'm talking about both done in a single day. I almost always try to have a beer in the last 20 miles, and maybe 4 or 9 in the first 80 miles, too. Beer breaks sound good! It sounds like you break it up into 10 mile intervals. How long do you take a break? Cullen |
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On Sep 20, 9:04*pm, Cully J wrote:
On Sep 20, 7:39*pm, Norman wrote: On Sep 20, 6:39*pm, " wrote: Hello, Are century rides (i.e. 100 miles) usually done in a single ride, or is it broken up into multiple rides? Of course I'm talking about both done in a single day. I almost always try to have a beer in the last 20 miles, and maybe 4 or 9 in the first 80 miles, too. Beer breaks sound good! It sounds like you break it up into 10 mile intervals. How long do you take a break? Just until I can't feel my legs any more. To actually address to original, implied question: I doubt that very many riders outside of racers ride centuries with- out a stop of some sort, even if just to **** and take on more water. |
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On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:39:15 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote: Are century rides (i.e. 100 miles) usually done in a single ride, or is it broken up into multiple rides? Of course I'm talking about both done in a single day. Taking a wild guess at what you mean, it was customary to take rest stops during the centuries I used to participate in. Sometimes places to buy snacks and re-fill bottles were marked on the map. There were no mandatory check points. (There were check points at the twenty- four-hour ride I once officialed at, since it was a competition, but that was nothing like a century ride.) It didn't matter how many times you got off the bike if you got back before it was time for the volunteers to go home. I suspect that the guys who finished in four or five hours didn't stop anywhere. When I finished, it was between eleven and twelve hours, and I stopped lots and lots of places. I tried to rest five minutes in each hour, but it was sometimes difficult to find a place where passers-by wouldn't freak out. Parking at the top of a three-mile hill with five gallons of cold water is a *lot* more fun than climbing said hill. Joy Beeson -- joy beeson at comcast dot net http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ -- sewing http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange The above message is a Usenet post. I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site. |
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