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Forum: Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling

08-14-12, 01:08 AM

Replies: 26

I am soooo sloooooow - How to get to a century pace?

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Posted By matthewk4

It is 50/34 front and 11-32 rear... it'd take...

It is 50/34 front and 11-32 rear... it'd take some searching to find something that gives me something even lower than 34 front 32 rear, as far as I can tell. Which means that the best advice (that I...

Forum: Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling

08-14-12, 12:54 AM

Replies: 26

I am soooo sloooooow - How to get to a century pace?

Views: 3,129

Posted By matthewk4

Afraid not... the short route to work would be...

Afraid not... the short route to work would be 39.8 miles and 2400 feet of elevation gain. While that isn't impossible, it isn't practical as a daily ride. And that's the weeks when I'm not in...

Forum: Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling

08-14-12, 12:49 AM

Replies: 26

I am soooo sloooooow - How to get to a century pace?

Views: 3,129

Posted By matthewk4

First week of May. Did 93 in May, 87 in June, ...

First week of May. Did 93 in May, 87 in June, 145 in July, 88 so far in August. When the rides were shorter, I was getting 2, sometimes 3, a week. Now it is down to about once a week, occasionally...

Forum: Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling

08-14-12, 12:45 AM

Replies: 26

I am soooo sloooooow - How to get to a century pace?

Views: 3,129

Posted By matthewk4

Doesn't appear to matter how short the ride, I...

Doesn't appear to matter how short the ride, I just can't seem to go any faster except if I just sprint and run out of breath. Is that what I need to be doing? And no, no riding buddies who are...

Forum: Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling

08-08-12, 12:20 AM

Replies: 26

I am soooo sloooooow - How to get to a century pace?

Views: 3,129

Posted By matthewk4

I am soooo sloooooow - How to get to a century pace?

At my current pace, a century ride with any climbing at all would take me over 12 hours. This seems ridiculous. But all the riding I've been doing (which, admittedly isn't as much as I'd planned)...

Forum: Training & Nutrition

04-25-12, 12:43 PM

Replies: 9

Zero to century while busy, possible?

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Posted By matthewk4

Yes, but I know my brain well enough that if I...

Yes, but I know my brain well enough that if I set the goal as "getting in shape and staying there" I'll redefine "in shape" as "can ride 4 miles". If I pick a concrete definition that's outside of...

Forum: Training & Nutrition

04-25-12, 12:41 PM

Replies: 9

Zero to century while busy, possible?

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Posted By matthewk4

Good information. I've set an intermediate goal...

Good information. I've set an intermediate goal as well, and we'll see how I progress, but it sounds like I should try pushing out the century goal a bit to make it more realistic.

As for "it's...

Forum: Training & Nutrition

04-24-12, 09:32 PM

Replies: 9

Zero to century while busy, possible?

Views: 1,295

Posted By matthewk4

Zero to century while busy, possible?

I've decided that I need a goal like a century ride to get in shape. I haven't been in any kind of shape for 20 years, and I was never that good at endurance even when a kid. I successfully took some...

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