Oh Long distance ladies..Can ya help moi

[crazycanuck]

Thanks ladies,

Brandy-what kind of games do you play?

Much appreciated. I know i can count on the long distance ladies for good info.

C

[Veronica]

I count cars. I sing songs in my head. When it's dark I use some random event, usually a passing car, to check my GPS.

I do the math to figure out how much longer I'll be riding. I swear I'll never do another freakin' long ride. I do the math to figure out how much longer I'll be riding. I swear at the ride organizers for putting this hill in the ride. I do the math to figure out how much longer I'll be riding. Gosh darn it, why isn't the number of hours going down? I swear I'll never do another freakin' long ride...


V.

[crazycanuck]

I think i might be counting cows & other farming machinery this weekend on my ride..It's on country roads & rather quiet.

I could always count the distance between houses..

I get the picture...

C

[Brandy]

I do the math to figure out how much longer I'll be riding. I swear I'll never do another freakin' long ride. I do the math to figure out how much longer I'll be riding. I swear at the ride organizers for putting this hill in the ride. I do the math to figure out how much longer I'll be riding. Gosh darn it, why isn't the number of hours going down? I swear I'll never do another freakin' long ride...


V.

EXACTLY! I do a whole lot of math on these long rides. Then I pad the mileage until the rest stop or the finish line so that I'm surprised when I reach it more quickly. Yes, I'm a big dork, but it works...lol! If I have 5.2 miles to the finish, I tell myself I have 5.8 and really, it's amazing that this works because I'm consciously padding the time right there in my head and really...who am I fooling?!?!? It needs to be said again...yes, I'm a big dork!

Oh, and I know that I'm really suffering when I can't calculate anymore. This happened on Saturday in the heat. Simple math just ceased to be simple at one point.

[maillotpois]

This is how I know I am a cyclist and not a runner. Back when I was running marathons and halfs more regularly, my training partner and I would have a heck of a time trying to figure out splits, mph, etc. We just couldn't do simple math for the life of us while we were running.

Now that I am riding, math is a lot easier for some reason. It's as if my brain's not a stressed out when I am riding a bike, but I just become stupid when I run. Of course, you're working with much bigger numbers, which is gratifying also.

I also play songs in my head. I talk to animals constantly. You can play the ABC game if there are any road signs around. Just don't start asking yourself over and over "When are we gonna be there?" :P

[Fredwina]

I might be strange, but I usually don't do math vis-a-vis distance in head when I'm out. Part is a break from the 9to5(or in my case 8to6).
I usually leave the computer set on ET or watch and use it monitor nutrition and hydration. I'll check my mileage every hour or so- just to see what I'm doing.
I gaze at the secenry a lot ,. I'll talk with someone riding along at my pace (disadvantge of being the Captian of Team Dead Last ).
above all, enjoy it! I think if you don't enjoy being out there for that amount of time, it's going to turn into a sufferfest (look up my Thread on the Brevet I did last month in Flagstaff )