I'd recommend those of you interested in our weird little corner of the cycling universe head on over to the Google randon group, and www.rusa.org. Or read a few blogs. Mike's is a good one. Mine is adequate. My friend Cecil's is also a good one. The Seattle International Randonneurs website has links to other rando blogs.
What Mike doesn't mention is that there were probably lovely tailwinds heading south, and hindering headwinds heading north. It can be downright discouraging riding 125 miles in a headwind in the Willamette Valley. Training: just ride. Lots. Some folks really do train, intervals and all that. I probably should; it would help my overall speed. Success in randonneuring comes from mental toughness. You don't even think about quitting. Or if you do, you ignore it. :-) Cheers, Lynne F http://lynnerides.blogspot.com (look for the Formerly Floyd link on mine to get to Cecil's) If you just want the rando content on mine, try this link: http://lynnerides.blogspot.com/search/label/randonneuring On May 11, 11:07 am, "Ralph Rognstad Jr." <rognsta...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I think training is slightly different for each rider, so you need to > figure out what is right for you. I have picked up good tips on the > UltraMarathon Cycling Association site: > > http://www.ultracycling.com/training/training.html > > > > PATRICK MOORE wrote: > > Well, I am suitably impressed. I doubt I'll ever be interested in > > riding 250 miles, tho' one of these days I'd like to do my first > > century; but I am certainly impressed at y'all's stamina. I'm an > > agressive rider, but I don't ride more than 35 miles at a time (tho' > > all my riding is fixed or ss off road). > > > What sort of riding, mileage, training, do you have to do to get to > > where you can ride 250 miles mor or less non stop? > > > On 5/11/09, Tim McNamara <tim...@bitstream.net> wrote: > > >> On May 10, 2009, at 11:32 PM, benzzoy wrote: > > >>> On May 10, 6:54 pm, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>> [...] My > >>>> time for the event was 12hrs 44mins which qualified me for R70 honors > >>>> with 10 minutes to spare which was my goal. One guy, on a recumbent, > >>>> finished in just under 14hrs! > > >>> You did 400 km (250 miles) in 12 hrs 44 mins? That's an average speed > >>> of 19.5 mph. That's equivalent to a 5-hour century, but maintaining > >>> the same rate over 250 miles. > > >> And bear in mind that this included 4-5 stops at the controls to get > >> his brevet card stamped, so his on-the-bike average speed was above > >> 20 mph. 14:30 is IMHO a very good 400K time- Mike beat that by > >> nearly two hours!- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
