A cool mom at my school and an amazing ride

[Trek420]

It's quite possible to ride 400 km a day if you ride at the right intensity and have a support crew to carry all your stuff. The guys and gals that do RAAM ride 400 miles some days, that's 640 km. Granted they're racing, but I'm just using that as an example of what is possible. It'll be very cool to see how she does.

Wow, just wow. Even one day, one day flat, flat downhill with a tail-wind fully supported .....

wow, just plain wow

[kelownagirl]

Just the clarify - the first time I posted it, I hadn't done the 'figgering' quite right. After I talked to her again, I found out more about how they were doing it. They won't be doing 400km a day, it'll be 250km a day, and yes, they are fully supported of course.

First off, they will be stopping at every cancer hospital along the way and meeting kids so in some areas of Canada, there will be a lot of hospitals and a lot of stops. I believe in these sections, they will ride about 250 km a day, together in a peleton. In the more isolated areas with fewer hospitals, they will ride relay style - half will ride 5 hours, be driven ahead to the next stop and rest 5 hours, while the other half takes over. It certainly will be an interesting challenge. In every interview I've seen, the riders say that even if it's very difficult for them, it's harder for kids with cancer. I found the videos very touching.

I'll keep you posted on her progress.

[RoadRaven]

They won't be doing 400km a day, it'll be 250km a day

That sounds better Kelowna - I was just about to get out the calculator to dee how long per day at what speeds she would have to be cranking... 250/day sounds MUCH more achievable, and still a huge goal.

Looking forward to your updates, sounds really interesting.