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09-25-13, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Machka

I haven't ridden a RAAM, but I have ridden four 1200K randonnees, and it can be about that simple.

Any time I thought of a 1200K as Twelve Hundred Kilometres ... or anytime I let myself think about the entire distance I had yet to travel (Eight Hundred and Fifty Kilometres) ... I just about packed it in and quit.

Instead, I thought about that day. Today, I will be cycling 70 km to the next town where I will stop for lunch. Well, 70 km isn't bad. I had done many 70 km rides in my training. The furthest I would let myself think ahead would be ... tonight I'll be in that town, where I will stop to sleep. But I didn't dwell on that thought too long because that was still some distance off.

I totally agree! Even on a 400, if I let myself think about the total distance at the beginning, say with 350 km to go, it can be depressing. One must consider only the next control. Sometimes, even only the next turn!

Last edited by mander; 09-25-13 at 08:51 AM.

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