Originally Posted by
khearn
Hmmm, that brings up the question of whether a multi-day ride like a long brevet counts as one long ride or multiple shorter ones. Given the nature of a brevet (timed continuously from start to finish), I'd be inclined to call it one ride. . . .
The OP defined a 24 hour period. So the question has already been addressed / defined.
However, it is still worthwhile to address. Mostly because this whole exercise is just a fun / silly thing not-to-be-taken too seriously.
To give an example, treating a single 1200 km ride as one 750 mile ride versus three 250 mile rides may give a surprising result. Namely, treating as a single ride may reduce one's
E. Obviously, it all depends the distribution and quantity of one's particular rides.
Thinking it over, I think I like the idea of treating the super-long, multi-day, single-event rides as only one ride instead of multiple daily rides.
Why?
It makes it harder to get a bigger
E.