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Riding a century
How far do people generally ride before riding a century? I ask because my
ride this Sunday is 100km, but I can also ride 100 miles. I'm thinking of riding the 100 miles instead of the 100km. My long rides have been 55 miles (last week), 50 miles (the week before), 45 miles (two weeks ago)... I only ride about 4 days a week, the other 3 days being about 20 miles a day. Is this enough riding to ride 100 miles? Thanks. -- Bob M in CT Remove 'x.' to reply |
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Riding a century
I've done centuries accidentally just running diverse errands. A couple
of 25-mile distant round trips and there you are. It still takes a while though. Numb butt or hands is the most likely indicator of having done one by mistake. -- Ron Hardin On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk. |
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On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 17:59:21 GMT, Bob M wrote:
How far do people generally ride before riding a century? I ask because my ride this Sunday is 100km, but I can also ride 100 miles. I'm thinking of riding the 100 miles instead of the 100km. My long rides have been 55 miles (last week), 50 miles (the week before), 45 miles (two weeks ago)... I only ride about 4 days a week, the other 3 days being about 20 miles a day. Is this enough riding to ride 100 miles? Thanks. Well, I've found out that the 100km ride is about 56 miles, with 4,900 feet of climbing, while the 100 mile ride is about 92 miles with 7,400 feet of climbing. I rode 55 miles last week, but I don't know how much climbing there was, although there's a lot. So, I'll probably stick to the 56 miles, especially if it rains. -- Bob M in CT Remove 'x.' to reply |
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Bob M wrote: On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 17:59:21 GMT, Bob M wrote: How far do people generally ride before riding a century? I ask because my ride this Sunday is 100km, but I can also ride 100 miles. I'm thinking of riding the 100 miles instead of the 100km. My long rides have been 55 miles (last week), 50 miles (the week before), 45 miles (two weeks ago)... I only ride about 4 days a week, the other 3 days being about 20 miles a day. Is this enough riding to ride 100 miles? Thanks. Well, I've found out that the 100km ride is about 56 miles, with 4,900 feet of climbing, while the 100 mile ride is about 92 miles with 7,400 feet of climbing. I rode 55 miles last week, but I don't know how much climbing there was, although there's a lot. So, I'll probably stick to the 56 miles, especially if it rains. Picking nits: 100km = 62.093 miles 100miles = a century, not 92miles Enjoy the ride. Has anyone seen my Gore-Tex socks??? HAND -- ³Freedom Is a Light for Which Many Have Died in Darkness³ - Tomb of the unknown - American Revolution |
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Did my first century yesterday. It was a very flat paved trail
(converted train "rail" track), but I did it on a fat tire offroad bike. My previous best distance wise was 60 miles. I read somewhere it's best to a 80 mile run before going to 100 but after 80 I could start to smell the 100 so I just bit it and did the last 20. -- -------------------------- Posted via cyclingforums.com http://www.cyclingforums.com |
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In article , JC Henry wrote:
Did my first century yesterday. It was a very flat paved trail (converted train "rail" track), but I did it on a fat tire offroad bike. My previous best distance wise was 60 miles. I read somewhere it's best to a 80 mile run before going to 100 but after 80 I could start to smell the 100 so I just bit it and did the last 20. So the big question: how do you feel today? -- Dan -- Dan Cosley * http://www.cs.umn.edu/~cosley/) GroupLens Research Lab, Univ of MN (http://movielens.umn.edu/ * 612.624.8372) *** Just a foot soldier in the Army of Truth *** |
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On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 14:07:58 GMT, H. M. Leary
wrote: In article , Bob M wrote: On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 17:59:21 GMT, Bob M wrote: How far do people generally ride before riding a century? I ask because my ride this Sunday is 100km, but I can also ride 100 miles. I'm thinking of riding the 100 miles instead of the 100km. My long rides have been 55 miles (last week), 50 miles (the week before), 45 miles (two weeks ago)... I only ride about 4 days a week, the other 3 days being about 20 miles a day. Is this enough riding to ride 100 miles? Thanks. Well, I've found out that the 100km ride is about 56 miles, with 4,900 feet of climbing, while the 100 mile ride is about 92 miles with 7,400 feet of climbing. I rode 55 miles last week, but I don't know how much climbing there was, although there's a lot. So, I'll probably stick to the 56 miles, especially if it rains. Picking nits: 100km = 62.093 miles 100miles = a century, not 92miles Enjoy the ride. Has anyone seen my Gore-Tex socks??? HAND I realize that. I got confused looking at the published maps of the rides - - I thought those numbers were the listed lengths. They 100km ended up being about 65 miles (although I rode 69) and the 100 miler ended up being 103 miles. It's kinda hard to make a ride that's exactly 100 miles, especially in the northeast. -- Bob M in CT Remove 'x.' to reply |
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Riding a century -- Update
Well, I rode the 100km, which ended up being 69 miles due to my missing a
few turns. I felt fine at the end, even though my HR averaged 85 % of my max HR for the 5 hours, 8 minutes I rode (4 hours, 45 minutes of saddle time). I believe I could've rode the 100 miles, but it poured during my ride, and it really poured when I was driving home. Of course, if I made 63 miles into 69 miles, maybe I would've made 102 miles into 120, which might've been a bit too much. Thanks for the help! -- Bob M in CT Remove 'x.' to reply |
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Riding a century -- Update
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Well, I rode the 100km, which ended up being 69 miles due to my missing a few turns. I felt fine at the end, even though my HR averaged 85 % of my max HR for the 5 hours, 8 minutes I rode (4 hours, 45 minutes of saddle time). I believe I could've rode the 100 miles, but it poured during my ride, and it really poured when I was driving home. Of course, if I made 63 miles into 69 miles, maybe I would've made 102 miles into 120, which might've been a bit too much. Thanks for the help! -- Bob M in CT I have discovered that if you don't feed totally wiped out at the end of the ride, then you could have gone farther. If you feel somehow "cheated" that the ride was over 'way too soon--then you certainly should have gone farther. I felt this way earlier this summer after going 40 miles. I kicked myself all the way home wishing I had gone ahead and ridden the 100K instead. Pat in TX |
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"Bob M" wrote in message news How far do people generally ride before riding a century? I ask because my ride this Sunday is 100km, but I can also ride 100 miles. I'm thinking of riding the 100 miles instead of the 100km. My long rides have been 55 miles (last week), 50 miles (the week before), 45 miles (two weeks ago)... I only ride about 4 days a week, the other 3 days being about 20 miles a day. Is this enough riding to ride 100 miles? Cetaris paribus I wouldn't consider going from 55 miles to 100 miles too much of a leap if you're comfortable at 55. [you're not completely exhausted and drained afterwards] But I'd still recommend you leave the day free for recuperation. -- 'Sell your sin Just cash in' -Jewell |
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