Distance -vs- climbing

[Owlie]

Catrin, that part of Ohio is pretty flat (downright boring, actually).

~She who has made far too many trips up I-71.

[Chicken Little]

I would do the metric, also. Time In The Saddle.

[Catrin]

Catrin, that part of Ohio is pretty flat (downright boring, actually).

~She who has made far too many trips up I-71.

Doesn't it get hilly in SW Ohio? I may be confusing SE with SW... but the ride does start in Galloway. You know your state, so this is pretty good to know.

I would do the metric, also. Time In The Saddle.

Thanks Chicken Little, that is what I was thinking for this weekend, and then started arguing with myself over the hill part

[Owlie]

Doesn't it get hilly in SW Ohio? I may be confusing SE with SW... but the ride does start in Galloway. You know your state, so this is pretty good to know.



Thanks Chicken Little, that is what I was thinking for this weekend, and then started arguing with myself over the hill part

Southwest Ohio is hilly. The area around Columbus is relatively flat (Galloway's on the SW side, by the way), but the areas with rivers/creeks are a bit hillier. Southeast Ohio is also hilly because it starts getting into Appalachia. (It's a beautiful part of the state, though.)

[Catrin]

I guess that I can get on MapMyRide and get a general idea what the topography is like about 62 miles on three sides of Galloway - one assumes the brevet won't be in the city

[OakLeaf]

I don't think you'll be able to do 200K without getting into the hills, unless they head some pretty weird directions from Galloway. Not as hilly as southeast Ohio, for sure, but not as flat as northwest either.


This is cool: http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/


I don't have any useful input on your actual question though.

[Catrin]

I don't think you'll be able to do 200K without getting into the hills, unless they head some pretty weird directions from Galloway. Not as hilly as southeast Ohio, for sure, but not as flat as northwest either.


This is cool: http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/


I don't have any useful input on your actual question though.

This is seriously cool, thanks for the link! I have decided to focus on miles this Saturday - the southern route is too short for any of my long rides now - but I can certainly head down there on a Sunday and get in my hill training