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Cycling for 100 Miles?

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Just returned from a 36 mile ride.

It wasn't hard. I had a snack and enough water to push through with little effort. I was comfortable all the way, combating hand numbness by not relying on hands as much as before to keep my torso up. I did feel my feet towards the end, some stress at the balls of my feet. Completely symmetrical, on both sides of my feet. No muscle strain, just discomfort. I am thinking that it may become worse in longer rides, but we'll see.

But I had a lot of fun and am looking forward to more :)
 
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Bocete said:
Just returned from a 36 mile ride.

It wasn't hard. I had a snack and enough water to push through with little effort. I was comfortable all the way, combating hand numbness by not relying on hands as much as before to keep my torso up. I did feel my feet towards the end, some stress at the balls of my feet. Completely symmetrical, on both sides of my feet. No muscle strain, just discomfort. I am thinking that it may become worse in longer rides, but we'll see.

But I had a lot of fun and am looking forward to more :)
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36 miles? not bad at all. I've never been on a ride that long, wonder how I'd do.

That being said I haven't ridden in the last month due to meniscus pain.
 
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machine gewehr said:
36 miles? not bad at all. I've never been on a ride that long, wonder how I'd do.

That being said I haven't ridden in the last month due to meniscus pain.
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Once you heal up and get your fit sorted out, you'll have to get in some really long rides. Did a 60 miler last Sunday and ended up having my fastest time trial of the year the next day. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/558609439

With racing over and cooler weather approaching, I'll probably take a few days off here n' there for some really long rides. ~60 miles is about fluid limit without having to get more when it's hot. I'm probably good for about 80 miles when it cools off.
 
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machine gewehr said:
36 miles? not bad at all. I've never been on a ride that long, wonder how I'd do.

That being said I haven't ridden in the last month due to meniscus pain.
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I hope you're getting better.

To be honest, I only indirectly worry about performance. I look at endurance and comfort. I bet I'd race poorly. In addition, the weather here is amazing and I bike in the late afternoon, close to sunset, so it doesn't get too hot either. The century ride will be much longer, without any shade, and probably start in the morning meaning that the worst of the sun will hit me. I'll need to train for that explicitly.

I saw plenty of people in full-blown racing gear, aerobars and aero helmets yesterday. I suspect that there might be a race coming up somewhere locally, I saw at least a dozen. I wasn't much slower than them, but I definitely was.
 
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I'm reading a lot of memories here. Good stuff. About 25 years ago (OK dating myself) I used to cycle with a friend about 30 miles down the Santa Ana riverbed into Newport Beach and back. The first few times were taxing but we eventually reached a point where the ride was effortless even at a high rate of speed. I was recently talking to my wife about getting back into cycling and entering some events here in the North Texas area.
 
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Bocete said:
I saw plenty of people in full-blown racing gear, aerobars and aero helmets yesterday. I suspect that there might be a race coming up somewhere locally, I saw at least a dozen. I wasn't much slower than them, but I definitely was.
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Where are you located? We do a Monday night time trial in Omaha, mostly entry level triathletes, with the occasional serious TT/tri guy.
 
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Santa Barbara. I know of a regular Wed night even where a few dozen people in keep making laps around this one building for about an hour, it's kinda funny.

Didn't seem like there was an event yesterday, these cyclists were far between and seemingly unrelated. It's just that I never seen close to that many.
 
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Bocete said:
Santa Barbara. I know of a regular Wed night even where a few dozen people in keep making laps around this one building for about an hour, it's kinda funny.

Didn't seem like there was an event yesterday, these cyclists were far between and seemingly unrelated. It's just that I never seen close to that many.
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Gotcha. If they're doing laps around a building, it's probably for criterium race practice. Those are generally 30-60 minutes depending on racing category. All out effort, tons of cornering, accelerating out of these corners, lots of attacks, and generally a heck of a sprint at the end. It's a very popular form of racing because it's easier to lock down a small section of road like this.
 
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Bocete said:
I hope you're getting better.

To be honest, I only indirectly worry about performance. I look at endurance and comfort. I bet I'd race poorly. In addition, the weather here is amazing and I bike in the late afternoon, close to sunset, so it doesn't get too hot either. The century ride will be much longer, without any shade, and probably start in the morning meaning that the worst of the sun will hit me. I'll need to train for that explicitly.

I saw plenty of people in full-blown racing gear, aerobars and aero helmets yesterday. I suspect that there might be a race coming up somewhere locally, I saw at least a dozen. I wasn't much slower than them, but I definitely was.
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Actually I'm not getting any better. Even walking started to become a pain and I'm not even talking about using the stairs.:(

Afternoon / evening rides are the best. I start riding around 19:30, it's not too hot and not too cold in the winter. You get to ride in the dark though, but that's what the reflectors and lights are for.;)

spade2you said:
Once you heal up and get your fit sorted out, you'll have to get in some really long rides. Did a 60 miler last Sunday and ended up having my fastest time trial of the year the next day. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/558609439

With racing over and cooler weather approaching, I'll probably take a few days off here n' there for some really long rides. ~60 miles is about fluid limit without having to get more when it's hot. I'm probably good for about 80 miles when it cools off.
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I don't know how the cleats are going to work with the meniscus. 1 mm error and my knees are kaput. Trial and error is a very painful experience for me.:atoz:

But after I'm set, I can't wait to do some longer rides. I found a cycling group and I'll be joining them.
 

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