As jobob would say, "Kewl."
Forgive me, I'm low of calories and a bit lightheaded.
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As jobob would say, "Kewl."
Forgive me, I'm low of calories and a bit lightheaded.
eat a cookie.
A big hairy cosmic one? :p
Hi. I am SOOOOOOOO new to riding. I got hooked last year riding my DH's mountain bike everywhere for exercise (I have lost 50 pounds, yeah me, bye bye baby fat!!) because my foot got hurt. In January, I got my first road bike and I am addicted, fine line between a hobby and a mental illness (I can say that, I am a Social Worker :D ) Anyhow, I am up to 24 miles on my training and want to register for the LRRH ride in Utah. Do you know if I register for the 38 miler and want to do the 64 b/c I am feeling great that day and doing great, can I??? Are the T-shirts different for each ride? I wouldn't want to ride 64 miles and get a 38 mile shirt :rolleyes: How long did it take all of you to get to a 64 miler (or a 50 miler)?
Thanks - Cindy
Hi Flybye,
LRRH is a lot of fun! I hope you'll join us.
As far as I know the t-shirts are the same for all the distances (they were last year). Also, I think that registering for a certain distance is just so the organizers can know what to expect as far as food goes (how much to have at each stop). I don't think it would be a big deal to go further than what you signed up to do.
BTW, I signed up for the 64 miler last year. It ended up really being almost 70 miles. The last few miles are a killer if you're not expecting them, so be forewarned.:) My ride time (not including food stops) was just under 4 hours.
How realistic is it to sign up for the 64 miler when my top ride now is 24? I could have gone further on this ride, but didn't.
Thanks!
Hi Flybye
Welcome to TE. I think 64 is definitely doable. I rode the ULCER a few years ago as my first ever organized ride. I had not even trained and my max miled as probably 20 miles. I had no problem riding the half century...well I was a bit sore the next day. But with rest stops every 15 miles or so, there was time to get off the bike, stretch eat. If you find a trianing plan online and ride different mileage during the week, I think you will be fine for the metric by June 2nd. And remember, its a ride, not a race. You can take as long or as short as you want to to ride it. The fab guys at BBTC won't leave you out there alone on the course. You'll also probably end up riding with other ladies at your speed. Go ahead and register for the longer ride. Let that day determine how far you actually go. LRRH is a great first organized ride. :D
Yep, what sulis said, you can certainly do the 64 miler if you start training now.
The key is to gradually increase the distance you ride over the next 6 weeks.
The general rule of thumb is to increase by about 10% or so each week. The other rule of thumb I've seen (where did they come up with that term anyhow?) is that if you can comfortably do about 75% of your target distance before the ride, you'll be fine. So you'll want to be able to do about 50 miles at one time by the end of May.
You say you're up to about 24 miles right now, so here's a sample plan (assuming you do your long ride on Saturday). It's not exactly a 10% increase per week but close enough.
4/21: 28 miles
4/28: 32 miles
5/05: 36 miles
5/12: 40 miles
5/19: 45 miles
5/26: 50 miles
6/2: LRRH :)
Also, during the rest of the week you should try to fit in two or three 5 mile rides (gradually increasing one or more of those to about 10 miles) so you don't do just one single long ride one day a week.
Hope this helps! - Jo.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/307000.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by jobob
Thank you dear. :cool:
hehehehe, here I am thinking that the post following yours with the link on it is more information about how to ease into the 10% per week and it is about "the rule of thumb" :D Oh, so funny.
Really, though, thanks for the chart with the weeks and amounts of rides. I have been riding TWO 24 mile rides per week and killing myself. Now that I know that it is okay to ride once, I should be in good shape.
I REALLY appreciate your advice.
I am so excited. I feel like a 6 year old on Christmas Eve - I hope this feeling stays with me the whole time, not just a newness thing.
I have registered for the ride and am now checking out hotels -
Thanks again, all of you!
No, no, no! That is the length of your longest ride of the week.
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Originally Posted by jobob
OK, someone needs to find all those links we've posted over the years about weekly training plans. Short and fast rides vs long and slow, etc.
Flybye, here is a sample 10 week training plan for a 100 mile century. Jo listed the longest ride for each of those weeks. Take the chart from this article, do some math and scale back for a metric (62 miles). You can amend the schedule down to 3 rides minimum a week. 4 is better.
http://www.kanbike.org/pages/training.php
The LRRH route is very flat but the home stretch can be a headwind all the way home. You need to spend time sitting on that bike. A good rule of thumb when training for such events is: train your legs if it's a hilly ride, train your butt if it's a flat ride. You need to spend time just sitting on that bike going for longer and longer rides.
You have plenty of time between now and then. On event days, your body will find a magical source of energy and take you farther than you expect, but the more training you can do, the more fun you will have on the ride. Be sure to taper the week before the LRRH.
Hmm, I just noticed where you live (sorta). You could just ride the route backwards. The 100 milers do their extra mileage in Whydaho.
Where do you live? Hubby was born in St. Anthony.
Err, except that wasn't really my advice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flybye
Maybe I soft-pedaled the concept of doing more that one ride a week. I didn't say it was OK to only do just one ride per week.
I'll clarify: You really really really need to do more than one ride a week. If you're killing yourself right now doing two 24 mile rides per week, then you should consider doing three rides per week, one at the long distance, and two more at 5 to 10 miles.
You need to build up your stamina, and you'll really be doing yourself a disservice if you only do one ride per week.