Originally Posted by
redlude97
First of all, RAMROD is done on a lottery system so no guarantee you'll get it, better off volunteering for this year and planning on riding it in 2020. Gives you more time to build up the training and weight loss. If you are in the PNW and inside for most of the winter, an indoor trainer and base miles would be a good place to start.
I volunteered this year and have the bypass. This will be my eighth time doing it. When I've managed to finish before sweep, it's been just before the finish line closed. But the past 3-4 years, I seem to have slowed down, and it's not as easy to get that back as it was when I was 25.