The Longest Ride of My Life

[Starfish]

45 miles and 5500 feet of climbing is a pretty good ride in anybody's book! Great work!

[jobob]

Heck yeah, what Starfish said! Well done.

[jobob]

Oh, and Alex, you'll do FINE on LRRH. It has about 1000 feet of climbing.


Ed. to add: Ooops, I lied. I just checked my journal and last year's century ride was 1200 feet. Oh well, you're doomed.

[Alex]

Mimi,

The ride was on the east bench of Salt Lake and Utah counties in northern Utah. The neighborhood at the top of the biggest climb has a website with some cool pics.

http://www.suncrest.com/photosandmaps/views.html

Alex

[Alex]

Although I'm sure climbing will make me stronger than riding on flats, I've been thinking that I should do some longer flat rides (up to 75 miles or so) before LRRH instead of a whole lot of climbing. Whatcha think?

Alex

[jobob]

Although I'm sure climbing will make me stronger than riding on flats, I've been thinking that I should do some longer flat rides (up to 75 miles or so) before LRRH instead of a whole lot of climbing. Whatcha think?

Very good idea. You need to get accustomed to the time in the saddle. Although don't neglect the climbing altogether, since you're quite right in that the climbing will made you stronger. And if it happens to be windy the day of LRRH, you'll be grateful for the stamina that the climbing gives you.