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Biked 26.3 miles yesterday. Can't climb a flight of stairs now, but a great feeling of accomplishment.
How does your butt feel?
No issues there. Nice gel seat on the bike.
Have never found that a problem. personally. Seems to me unless you are taking it very leisurely you end up putting most of your weight on the pedals most of the time anyway. Hence its legs and knees that are more likely to suffer.
Post your miles! (Link below)
Nice work!
Put in some saddle time and you'll be able to do that 160 miler no problem.
I'm going to start getting serious about it. I'm working up to a 160 mile 2-day ride in August. Don't know if I'll get there, but I'm going to work towards it.
Great way to hurt your knees. Ask me how I know ...
Problem is, day 2 is only about 60 miles, but it's a brutal ride through the mountains.
I've done a couple of centuries. There are a lot of good tips on how to train for these and what kind of riding and nutrition to prepare.
The thing with distance riding is that you have to eat and drink almost constantly. Eat foods on the bike that are easy to digest and drink some type of energy drink with electrolytes. My stomach can't handle gatorade for some reason when I ride so I used Cytomax powdered drink mixed with water.
I found that I hit a bit of a wall at around 60 miles but if I push on I get a second wind around the 70 mile mark.
Hardest thing for you will be doing two 80 mile rides on consecutive days. Your legs will be feeling it on day 2 so I'd say to pace yourself. Maybe do a couple training rides on consecutive days of 50 miles each but leave yourself plenty of time to recover after and I wouldn't ride at all the week prior to the event.
Oh, and train on the bike you'll be riding. Don't change anything about its setup between the training and the event.
People scoff at spandex cycling gear but it really is the best material for cycling. It will keep you cool and dry yet move with you so you don't get a rash and it has padding in the seat which you'll appreciate after 60 miles in the saddle.
Cotton is worthless.
It's a supported ride as a fundraiser for a non-profit. They will have refreshment stations every 25 miles on day one, and every 15-20 miles on day two.
If you don't have a properly fitted bike, forget about doing 160 miles in two days.
Unless you have a proper fit, your back, shoulders and neck, as well as arms and elbows will kill you, and you won't even have to worry about your legs.
Oh well, I'm looking to climb the Galibier this year. That's about a 100 miles, with what, 6-7k feet of vertical? And maybe I'll have to do the Croix de Fer as well...so many cols, so little legs![]()
