We didn't really train for the 200 K. We had just gotten back from our trip to Hawaii and so felt in pretty good shape.

The next organized ride we've signed up for is the Death Valley Double Century in October. We did the single century last year. I'd really like to do the double. It's 8800 feet of climb over 196 miles.

http://www.planetultra.com/deathvalley/index.html

As a prep we'll do the Knoxville 200 K in Sept. We haven't signed up yet for this. We worked the Devil Mountain Double in April. Quackcyclists are a really nice group of people and working a ride is a lot of fun.

http://www.bbcnet.com/knoxville/knoxvilledc.asp


To train for both we'll do the local climbs. We can ride from our house and get in two of them for about 6,000 feet of climb in a 90 mile loop. Once we get over being sick our plan is to do that every other weekend, with the off weekend doing a flat century or riding with the local club. We also want to ride in the morning before work.

Veronica