Originally Posted by
Steamer
Go to a 24hr race and you'll find LOTS of folks who break 300 miles. That's a fairly low bar for those. 400 miles is the much more prestigeous distance.
+1
I'm a really slow, lantern rouge randonneur, and I came close to 300 miles on a 24-hour race ... 287.3 miles (462.4 kms)
http://www.machka.net/24hour/2006_UMCA24hour.htm
Anyone who is just marginally faster than me should be able to do it.
(I have done rides of more than 300 miles, but took a little bit longer than 24-hours to do them.)