Originally Posted by
azesty
There are some Chinese guys here training for the Paris - Brest - Paris randoneur (sp?), which is 1200 km in 96 hours. At the moment they are doing 23 hour runs, one of them is Chengdu - Leshan - Chengdu, about 320 km.
They have invited me along, but I am not going!
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The PBP is 1200K has to be completed in 90 hours or less. I wish we had 96 hours to ride it!!
I've completed it once in 2003, and DNF'd after 400 km of riding in the rain in 2007.
In order to get into the 2011 PBP they (and Rowan and me, and several others in the Long Distance forum) will have to ride a Super Randonneur series between November 1, 2010 and mid-June 2011. A Super Randonneur series consists of officially sanctioned 200 km, 300 km, 400 km and 600 km rides. So your friends will have to do a lot more than 320 km!!
BTW - if any of you are interested in doing Long Distance rides, there is a Long Distance forum here where riders routinely ride centuries (100 miles) and much, much more.
http://www.bikeforums.net/forumdispl...urance-Cycling