3 BIG rides 9 days apart.... possible?

[caligurl]

soooo this weekend i have to do breathless agony.. a 112 mile ride that climbs 12000 feet... i say i have to do it.. cuz hubby was supposed to do it.. he is all paid.. but he hurt his knee a couple months back and it's not getting better so rather than lose the money (no refunds)... i will do the ride (or as much of it as i can with all the climbing!

then next saturday is another century that i wanted to do since it's close to home... but i also wanted to do the 56 miles climbing ride in julian...

my first question... before i even think about pre-registering... will i be recovered by saturday to do the other century?

the only 2 centuries i've done... i've felt fine.. rode the next day.. but not hard or long... but rode the following week and weekend..

which brings me to my next question... if i do the century next saturday.. should i even consider a long climbing ride the next day? or is that too much?

for some background... i try to ride 6 days a week in nice weather.. i've logged 5,000 miles in the 10 months i've been riding... i do longer rides on weekends..

so any input.. or is it impossible to give that kind of advice/recommendations based on what i;ve given you!

(i wish they wouldn't have all the rides all lumped together like this! )

[Veronica]

I don't see why you can't do all three. Have you been doing a lot of climbing? 12,000 feet in 112 miles is a lot. It's very similar to my ride a year ago. I find the key to doing such a ride is to keep my heart rate in the middle of my aerobic zone - even on the climbs as much as possible. Also make yourself eat and drink at set intervals, even if you don't feel like it.

I know the day after my ride, I was pretty exhausted. But three days later I was out mountain biking - the things you can look up when you download your exercise info to your computer.

About the century and then the long climbing ride the next day, again I don't see why not. Take it easy and enjoy the surroundings.

V.

[spazzdog]

Cali darlin'... if you pull this off, I'm replacing Lance with you as my idol

spazz (who got tired reading the post)

[AutumnBreez]

I second that about Lance and putting you first as idol-Wow!

Becareful that it is not so much that you are getting injured from overload.
Pace yourself, as both of you don't need bad knees together! It is not a sweet couples thing to have to share. We love our DH's but matching knee pain is not the same as matching jerseys by any stretch!

[SadieKate]

I've never done such long road rides close together but I have done continuous comparable long days of mtbiking such as a 6 day trip at very high altitude (1st day went over 10,500 ft) that included 2 50 miles days back to back. We had large cumulative climbs also. I think Veronica is right. Be sure to keep your pace scaled back and be sure to take breaks and eat regularly. I think your eating and drinking off the bike can be just as important to your recovery as rest because it may be very hard to keep up with both while you ride. Plus, your metabolism will probably be roaring for the entire week. Your base training sounds like it should put you in good shape for this as long as you ride at a comfortable pace.

[caligurl]

lol! thanx, gals!

i hate that so many good rides are so close together.. then nothing for a few weeks...

i REALLY REALLY REALLY want to do all three of these rides.. but i don't want to injure myself

i guess i'll have to play it by ear... i have until saturday to register for next week's century... so i can take the paperwork and if i feel fine after breathless agony... i can send off the paperwork for the route 66 century... i can wait and pay for julian at the ride since it's only $5.00 "late" fee... and better to pay $5.00 more than to lose $39!

that way if i get wiped out after one or two... i'm not committed to the following rides!

i'm am a "tortoise" rider... slower and steady... and i think for breathless agony i'll be even more so cuz it the most i've ever climbed! a few weeks ago i did a 75 miler that was... i think 7000 feet of climbing.. this will add 5000 feet to it in the same amount (since the last 40+ are downhill WHEEEEEEE) i REALLY want to make the 4 passes and make hubby proud (since i'm riding in place of him.. it was originally HIS ride to do.... but he hurt his knee early in the season) i'm still new at centuries and don't have the eating thing down... so i'll probably eat too much! so that's a good thing! i tried to tweak my eating at alpine and ended up not eating enough at the first rest stop... i ate a clif and was fine to the next one.. but can see where it would be an issue!

someone should pass a law that all these fun rides can't be so close together (or others so far away! like little red ridinghood & cinderella!!)

[bikerchick68]

hey you... having ridden with you and knowing you are a strong climber I think you'd be a bit tired but probably make it...

if you come down to do Julian you are welcome to crash at my house... it's about 45 min to an hour from Julian but heck, it's free! Let me know...

how the hubby? I know he was seeing a specialist right? I rode Sun... 25 miles flat and was a bit sore but waaaaaay better than I was after hemet... so mine is healing just not as fast as I'd like...

anyway, keep us posted what you decide!

[caligurl]

hi bc! thanx for the offer and the vote of confidence! the only problem is brie and tyler! (well.. no.. they aren't problems... but you know what i mean!) plus if i do do the route 66.. we'll be getting home from that and would most likely go to bed to get up early to leave for julian.. we'll see...

hubby is seeing the ortho on wednesday.... he tried riding some.. bout 10-15 miles.. but the twinge would come back... he hasn't ridden to the point of pain like in hemet! he was trying really hard to be ready for breathless agony... and i know it broke his heart to tell me i was doing it instead... i did tell him he had to give me a week's notice if he even thought i was doing it cuz i have to adjust my morning workouts the week before a big ride! finally last weekend he admitted he couldn't do it hopefully he'll be better and able to do ride around the bear.. but that ones not quite as much climbing as BA... he REALLY was looking forward to BA!

i had actually thought of using my new name over there a while ago.. but then never did... i finally registered it cuz most people don't know who my hubby is when i mention him! lol! the first post was in a thread where he said his "sandbagging" SU was taking his place.. i had to defend myself (i am not a sandbagger!!! lol!) but didn't want to outright come out as his SU under that name.. whereas my "new" name there is no mistaking i am his SU! i know... makes no sense! i'm silly!

[bikerchick68]

LOL... yeah, I never mentioned the SU because I wasn't sure if you and he wanted others to know the connection...

I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for him... I've been going thru ride withdrawal myself and am hopeful this will heal up soon... I am raising my saddle another centimeter to see if that helps too! Keep me posted on everything OK?

[caligurl]

lol... ya... it started out to see if beanz and WD (that's short for the name i told you i call you know who) would figure out who i was and who i was married to.... beanz never did till i showed up at gmr with hubby!

now it's just ... i dunnno... i always call him my hubby and not SLIN!

i have my form and check all ready to put in the mailbox tomorrow if i feel "fine" after the ride (i know i'll be tired.. but you know what i mean!) julian i'll just pay for that day if i go (i really want to go.. and i really want that julian pie!! we'll see how it goes! hubby's gonna get sick of sag-ing for me!

i hope they get him all fixed up at the docs.... we'll see what they say on wednesday! hopefully he'll be able to do ride around the bear himself instead of me subbing for him!

[caligurl]

ok... i'm 1/3 of the way through my ride "marathon" i survived breathless agony! i made it to the top of onyx with time to spare before the 3:30 cut-off... i cried like a baby when i got there!

my knees hurt/ached... just below the knee cap... where they would be sore if you had been climbing around on your knees all day.. and the middle of my upper back.. between my shoulder blades (that always happens on longer rides)... but nothing drastic or out of the ordinary that you wouldn't expect after all that climbing... soooooo i sent in my registration for next saturday's old route 66 century!

i was stiff when i woke up sunday... but did manage a recovery ride... 20 slowish and very easy miles... then last night after work i did 16ish.. 1/2 with a WICKED headwind (couldn't manage over 10 mph going DOWNHILL that i usually get up 32 mph! ) other than the wind i felt fine... and my knees aren't aching anymore...

[SadieKate]

Yahoo! 1 down and counting!

[Veronica]

I'm so glad you posted! I had wondered how Breathless Agony went.

V.

[Bike Goddess]

Thanks for keeping us up to date! It was a "breathless" moment there waiting to hear from you!

And, good that you did a recovery ride next day out. Always my philosophy to keep them legs a movin' !

Now, of course, we will want to know about your next big ride!

Do however, take a day off- your body needs to rest for that century coming up! I know, I know, its tempting but don't give in! Better rested than bonking on the next one, right?

[caligurl]

i always (well.. almost always) take the day before off (which is almost always a friday!)... i seem to ride better that way! i'll be doing my after-work rides the rest of the week... and rest friday to be all fresh and chipper saturday morning!

it doesn't look like it will be as cold this weekend as last weekend was! YAY! julian (sunday) will be cooler since it's higher up.. but that's good for climbing! route 66 won't be much different from what i'm used to since it's desert.. i just hope it doesn't decide to be windy i hate doing my short rides in strong wind.. i can't imagine 100 miles it!