Training for 800k ride (over 4 days)
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paganopj posted 10 weeks ago.
No experience, but i doesn't seem like it would require as much training as an IM....it's just a bit more than the IM portion of the bike ride per day for four days. I doubt the need to bang it out at 25mph average is there either. Looks like it would be a whole lot of fun! Hope you go for it!
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jonovision_man posted 10 weeks ago.
I probably will, just trying to wrap my head around it! :) The short recovery and ride the next morning will be interesting... going to have to cram in huge calories each day to keep strong. Kind of like the TdF riders.
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J.Michael posted 10 weeks ago.
Last year I rode the bike ms with my tri/bike club, but me and a friend rode to St Augustine instead of drive. We left Daytona Beach at 3am rode to the muni airport to sign in, completed both the 1st and 2nd day rides then rode back home. Totaling 386 miles in 2 days.
We averaged right at 17mph with the group and 20+ on our transit rides to and from.
Up until that ride, I had only ever completed 1 century and my avg long ride was just over 70 miles.
I think if you just drop the speed as suggested, you will be fine. Most of these large group/fundraiser rides have rest stops planned out every hour or so where you can grab some water, gatorade, fruit, and energy bars. If you can do an IM this will be cake. Plus you'll get to help out a great charity!
Have a great time. Don't worry about it, and tell us how awesome it was when you get back!
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Anton posted 10 weeks ago.
www.ultracycling.com
Full of all kinds of cool info about riding looooooong. Don't forget some tempo rides and some intervals. Train on a course similar to what you'll be riding. Practice riding on solid fuel.
I have a "lite"(short loop course) 24 hour ride in three weeks. Glad to see other folks bouncing up to longer stuff!
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jonovision_man posted 10 weeks ago.
That's a great site, thanks Anton. 24 hours... I can't imagine... give me 50 cc's of Shammy Cream, stat! :)
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TriSooner posted 10 weeks ago.
jonovision_man wrote:
give me 50 cc's of Shammy Cream, stat! :)
That's your only real concern - saddle sores. If you look at the DNF's for RAAM, they're mostly saddle sores on an epic level, like MSRA-infected, Staph-oozing crotch craters. If you can avoid 'em with whichever method you prefer, you'll do fine. And remember kids, saddle sores don't come from pressure (so your gel seat and uber-padded diaper shammy are the cause, not the cure). They come from friction.
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jonovision_man posted 10 weeks ago.
^^^ true dat! I used a huge glob at IMC, must have been a good 1/4 tube. Better squishy and safe then sorry! :)
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Anton posted 10 weeks ago.
TriSooner wrote:
jonovision_man wrote:
give me 50 cc's of Shammy Cream, stat! :)
That's your only real concern - saddle sores. If you look at the DNF's for RAAM, they're mostly saddle sores on an epic level, like MSRA-infected, Staph-oozing crotch craters. If you can avoid 'em with whichever method you prefer, you'll do fine. And remember kids, saddle sores don't come from pressure (so your gel seat and uber-padded diaper shammy are the cause, not the cure). They come from friction.
From friction and riding in dirty shorts! Crotch Craters...You crack me up! ;)
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A friend of mine has me interested in this 800k ride:
Tour for Kids
It's about 200k/day over 4 days...
Now I've done century rides, and I've now done IMC, but those were all one-day events. Pound it out, recover for several days... I've never really considered doing something that spanned more than one day!
Any advice!? I assume the training will be roughly what my IM training was - lots of long rides on weekends, 100-160k? And at least one or two mid-week rides? Anything else special that needs to be considered?
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