Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling - Brevet 2009: Karpaty-Podillia* 1200k

Dear All! Preparatiion to brevet Karpaty-Podillia* 1200k just started. In training month December 2008 1622 km by road bikes for 30 training days was done. I'm drive Cannondale, TatuBike and Merida road bikes. In details I have 64:18:34,84 ride hours, 25,2 km/h Avg Speed, 76.0 km/h Max Speed, 59665 cal, 123 bpm Avg Heart Rate, 89 rpm Avg Cadence, 16639 m Total Ascent (Data loaded from Garmin Edge 705).

http://www.velodom.com.ua/i/500/500/2627.jpg.jpg (http://www.velodom.com.ua/full/2627.jpg)

Photo details - place Uzhhorod on border of Slovakia-Ukraine - 48.6479°022.2706°NE 141 m
*Karpaty - Carpathians

Key words:
Europe, Ukraine, Carpathians, Uzhhorod, long distance road cycling

Previet! Sorry I forgot my Ukrainian. Wow! That's a lot of climbing and riding. I visited Ukraine and I hope to return to ride there one day, it's a great country. I would love to ride in Crimea.
Good luck with you your brevet.

Interesting Google ads on this post, on the R big pix of "Ukrainian beauty"
and web site promising more pix. Then at the top we have "EightInch.com"
and I was thinking what next viagra? Then I saw the h and the popup
rotated to the Nitto Bars and it revealed itself as a Fixie site.

Serhiy, I am very glad to see someone riding long distance from Ukraine.:thumb: I used to live in Eastern Ukraine and long distance cycling is not very popular over there, people usually ride mountain bikes. How many people are riding with you long distance and how popular long distance cycling in your part of the world? Judging by you Garmin info it is very popular with you;)
When are you planning the 1200 ? How many people signed up for it?

Hello, thanks for support. Are you going to Carpathians? One more ranndonneur for 1200 K from Kyiv City already signed .

Training in Fall, one mountain section from the brevet here is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNit4GJ4DuM

Hey folks, I put a map of the brevet.

Here in the Western Ukraine, Uzhhorod, only few riders are who made 200 K. On the East side much more ones to do that. There are who made 400 and 600. Please look at in Russian directly at

http://alex.zp.ua/2008/velomarafon/
http://www.shosser.ru/plans/59-brevet-1200k-karpati-podllya-2009

Here is my brevet 1200 K map and itenerary

http://www.velodom.com.ua/i/500/500/2673.jpg.jpg (http://www.velodom.com.ua/full/2673.jpg)

Ukrainian forum here
http://www.velokiev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=33447&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=60

Serhiy, I am very glad to see someone riding long distance from Ukraine.:thumb: I used to live in Eastern Ukraine and long distance cycling is not very popular over there, people usually ride mountain bikes. How many people are riding with you long distance and how popular long distance cycling in your part of the world? Judging by you Garmin info it is very popular with you;)
When are you planning the 1200 ? How many people signed up for it?

Thank you for support.

Brevet Karpaty-Podilla is pussible first ever 1200 K long distance trial, which will be organized in Ukraine. Hope also to get sunny and not to hot and comfortable three days for it. Any way it will be started, I think.

In Europe the long distances are very popular, good sample is Paris - Brest - Paris. You possible know this one, it is a famous brevet.

***I'd like to update my Garmin with power option. It would be usefull to get overal data.

I think, you will have some serious competition to recruit international randonneurs, because LEL(London-Edinburgh-London) 1400 km ride is also this coming summer. I have already some friends signed up for LEL. I would like to go home to Ukraine to ride the 1200 though.

25:50:01,62

Just for training to get 1200k in 20-22 June, small brevets 400 K and 600 K were done in April and May 2009
Here are some results

400 K: riding time 16-04-25,32, average speed 24,9 km/h, maximum speed 70 km/h, calories 14065, average bpm 111, average cadens 75, ascent 2867 m. All time spent from start to finish 19:30 hours

600 K: riding time 25-50-01,62, average speed 23,2 km/h, maximum speed 60,6 km/h, calories 19876, average bpm 111(!), average cadens 71, ascent 4106 м. All time spent from start to finish 38:11 hours

http://www.velodom.com.ua/i/500/500/4044.jpg.jpg (http://www.velodom.com.ua/full/4044.jpg)
Next to river Stryj

http://www.velodom.com.ua/i/500/500/4047.jpg (http://www.velodom.com.ua/full/4047)
Damaged tyre

http://www.velodom.com.ua/i/500/500/4049.jpg (http://www.velodom.com.ua/full/4049)
Mountain road section, Carpathian mountains, Ukraine

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Road map and profile

OK :) Brevet 1200 K finished

Start - 00:00 hours 20.June.09

Finish- 14:30 hours 24.June.09
Total hours - 86:30

Garmin Edge 705 data - ---- >>>

First 1000 km - 50:12:30,22 hours ; average speed - 19,9 km\h, maximum speed - 62,2; calories - 33012 ascent - 8219 m

last 144 km - 06:57:51,09 hours; average speed - 20,7, maximum speed - 55,6; calories - 4426, ascent - 957 m

Another conputer data --->>> SHIMOANO Flight Deck Trip distance - 1162,2 km

Report details directly at
http://www.velokiev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=60642&p=833052#p887523

Congratulations