Originally Posted by
kbro1986
In my opinion... all rides should be measured in elapsed time, not riding time. Maybe this is why some threads sounded strange because of this misunderstanding? I mean think about it...if I split up a century into 5 min 25mph + sprints...(so I averaged 25mph throughout the century measured by riding time) and took a 20-30 minute recovery break in between each sprint...I would not brag that I could do a 4 hour century. Its just crazy. Elapsed time only.
I think you're missing an opportunity. I live at the top of a four mile uphill road. If I ride down that road at 40 mph once a day then I can sign up to the century-a-month club AND brag that I do them in 2.5 hours. The fact that I'm taking more than 700 hours of break time during each century never needs to come up.