Originally Posted by
LiveFree
I have a job that doesn't include sitting at a computer all day surfing the net.
Good. Neither do I. I do all my computer surfing at home in my own time.
Originally Posted by
LiveFree
I want to answer some of your questions. I'm a 26-year-old ex-distance running college athlete that has converted to biking (it’s easier on the body). I do not have much experience or friends that bike to ask advice so I have turned to the Internet.
It seems that it is unanimous that my mileage goal was a little high. I figured that was so. It was the least of my concerns. I would like to really focus on the training, gear, food, route, camping, panniers, etc. I should have included that I will be stopping and reloading occasionally on small foods (bagels, snickers, pop-tarts, etc). I think I will plan to eat out most meals. I’m not concerned with the food cost due to that I would be buying it anyway if I were home.
Feel free to keep adding useful advice. It will be at least a few months until I will be able to try to accomplish this goal. I’m sorry for bothering some of you with my senseless questions. Please feel free to ignore them.
These are details which would have been helpful in the first post. We do get a lot of people in here who have read or heard about someone cycling from here to there, and even though they haven't been off the sofa in years, they figure they can do it. It is very helpful for us to provide you with a meaningful response if we have some idea who you are and what your exercise background is.