Flying Wheels

[ttaylor508]

Is anyone doing the Flying Wheels century this weekend? The weather looks good (70's)! I am feeling very ill prepared this year with a lack of outdoor training miles!!!!

[Susan126]

Totally forgot about the Flying Wheels. Joe and I will be mountain biking with friends at St. Eds Park in Kenmore on Sunday. We will ride for about 2 or 3 hours and then go to the annual beer festival that is held every Father's Day weekend at St. Eds Park. Mountain bike and beer afterwards! A lot of fun!

One of Joe's favorite rides!

Brew Festival at St. Edward State Park in Kenmore

ttaylor, the weather has been a hindrance to my training too. I am so far behind that I am thinking about not doing a ride that I really want to do this summer. Or I may just grin and bear it and kill myself and still participate.

Bummed out,

Sue

[ttaylor508]

Too funny, we have been going to brewfest for the last 4 or 5 years. My kids look forward to it as there are so many fun activities set up for them.

I saw on your site that you were planning on doing Red Hot Summer Days and Ramrod. If I was going to skip one, it would be Red Hot Summer Days. DH did it last year without me as I was healing from a torn hamstring and he said it was not a fun century. Lots of wind, not much scenery, he has no desire to do it again. Ramrod on the other hand he absolutely loved.

I usually use Flying Wheels as a gage for how prepared I am for stp one day. I have a feeling this year they are both going to be painful...

[lauraelmore1033]

I was going to do the fw century (as stp prep) but changed the goal to the 70 mile ride after coming down with what I thought was a cold two weeks ago. Cold turned into something requiring antibiotics, steroids and inhailers a week later and the goal changed to maybe doing the 45...
Dang!

[Dog]

I haven't been able to ride as much as I planned this spring, but I finished Flying Wheels Century yesterday. I got through it -averaged 14.2 mph, but concerned if I'm really ready for STP in one day??? Thoughts - advice?

[ttaylor508]

I haven't been able to ride as much as I planned this spring, but I finished Flying Wheels Century yesterday. I got through it -averaged 14.2 mph, but concerned if I'm really ready for STP in one day??? Thoughts - advice?

Hi Dog -- I did the Flying Wheels Saturday with only about 400 miles of outdoor riding under my belt since January (yikes). I was really worried about how I would do with the utter lack of riding I had done, but I finished stronger than I have ever felt before, largely due to the increased amount of indoor training and spinning classes I have taken. I have done the STP 6 times, 4 in two days and the last 2 years in one day. I have always used Flying Wheels to gage how ready I was, and I am feeling more confident than I was before Flying Wheels. The one day stp is definitely harder only because of the shear fact you are on the bike for 13+ hours. There aren't nearly the hills as Flying Wheels, but I think the hardest part of the one day stp is mental. No matter what, when I hit mile marker 170 around the St. Helen's stop I always wonder what the heck I am doing this for, but coming into that finish line in Portland is soooo gratifying and knowing I don't have to get back on the bike the next day is sooooo sweet! Just pace yourself and I think you will do fine.