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260 miles over 24hrs - how the **** do i train for this? Road riding btw
stay up all night taking drugs?
apart from my usual?
think of it like this 260miles in 24hours isn't actually that fast an average speed. so don't scare yourself on that score.
Other than that just ride, get used to being in the saddle for long periods
and make sure you don't make any radical changes to your setup, if you need to tweak do it gently.
yep, make sure you get all the little niggles ironed out early, dont be breaking in a new saddle/shoes/grips etc on the day, as said above, the hard bit will be sitting in the saddle for that amount of time, concentrate on that.
Hey Rob - good luck with that! I've got some Torq bars left over from Mountain Mayhem when I did it solo this year. I'll do them for a good price 😉 (seriously)
Sorted on the food front cheers 🙂 thanks to www.thebikechain.co.uk in Edinburgh where we are starting from. It will be in aid of the sheffield childrens hospital 🙂
Ridden 150ish miles in daylight hours, on african roads, in african heat with full panniers, so anything's possible.
Do it beforehand, no seriously up your training NOW.
I found that doing handstands in an ice bath worked for me.
224.4 miles in 13 hours 40 minutes but you know that anyway.
Is this the ride we're doing next year?
Our team of four doing LeJog in 4 days is a man short. That'd be good training
It's two 130 mile rides.
Ride em at 15 mph, or a bit slower...
hey up, our number two of three has appeared ^
My training for a 190 mile ride consisted of gradually building up the distances up to 160 started at 60 and added 20 every week. 1 big ride on a sunday then a few smaller recovery rides inbetween. Couple of weeks rest with short fun rides just to keep things turning over before that big one.
A good diet the whole time aswell.
We managed the 190 in a bonkers 11hrs
Monksie thats the one dude
We need to do some training rides Mr.
ps. that'd be 10.5mph, can we do it a bit quicker? 🙂
course we can, my co rider is 56 tho!!
out tomorrow from home - any good?
A family crisis means no riding for me for a week or two. Soon though.
You'll be fine, just keep riding your bike. Probably a good idea to get some longer rides in, but if your reasonably fir it won't be too much of a problem for you. I know several folk who did that sort if distance in the same time frame and they didn't do any more regular training than a few 2 hour rides a week.
No monksie, I'm out.
It's too many miles a day for me; I like cycling, but I don't like it that much...
Mate! You're in really, we just haven't pecked your head in to submission yet.
No, seriously, its too many miles each day for me.
Right so 80 miles is now comfortable!! Need to keep ticking over and improving through the winter.
Main issue now is the planning aspect not knowing what route to take from edinburgh 🙁 Would it make sense to go longer route round the coast as its flatter??
I'd doubt it, but I'd see if I could map out various route choices with elevation also.
[quote=rob jackson ]Right so 80 miles is now comfortable!! Need to keep ticking over and improving through the winter.
Main issue now is the planning aspect not knowing what route to take from edinburgh Would it make sense to go longer route round the coast as its flatter??
From Sheffield:
Halifax
Skipton
Kirkby Lonsdale
Carlisle
Langholm
Innerliethen
Edinburgh
235 miles-ish
I've been reading ultracycling articles recently....
[url= http://www.ultracycling.com/sections/articles/ ]Here...[/url]
Good info there.
DrP
You will need arse butter.
I would stick on a thud buster st seat post...
It will iron out all the bumps you will be too tired to see.
rob jackson - Member
260 miles over 24hrs - how the **** do i train for this? Road riding btw
[url= http://www.london2paris24.com ]Is it the London - Paris?[/url]
But like you I wouldn't know how to train apart form doing loads of 8/10/12 hr LSD's (long steady distances)
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Sorry didn't read the full post 😳
holy ****. I have nothing to add but -good luck matey !
cheers all so far - druidh - i will be tappng you up for more knowledge soon. Whats your email?
Rob - in my profile, or catch me through mleh.
My LeJog went from Oldham to Peebles via Hebden Bridge so I have a GPX file of that if it's of any use.
Find yourself some audaxes.
I did 250 in a day this year and it was genuinely one the most enjoyable days I've ever had on a bike. I set off at around 3:30 in the morning and it was quite nice knowing that all you're going to do that day is ride your bike.
Start off super easy - I was in the inner ring for the first hour or so. This stops you getting too keen when your legs are feeling fresh. I'd also recommend that you try not to stop too much - just ride easy and take some food on. I did the first 100 without stopping which really helped from a psychological point of view.
Email Lance Armstrong, he'll give you some good pointers. 