Originally Posted by
Road Fan
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I'd like to do a few metric centuries by Labor Day. While big organized events are motivational, they are are also aggravating in terms of bike management and dealing with what the other 20 people around me are going to do. Mrs. Road Fan and I have done metrics on our own in the past - no reason to depend on big organized rides.
I like organized rides also but due to the situation i just started hammering away at it solo. In the last 6 weeks I've done 5 metric centuries and plan to do one every week for the rest of the season. Of course I will miss a few weeks but plan on at least 10 more before weather sets in.
I did a 65 mile charity ride last summer, this was my first hefty ride in over 25 years. I was somewhat unprepared. The course was fairly flat. My time was ok given the situation but a few things stood out. The biggest was leg cramps. Still, my on the bike time was 4 hours 49 minutes average speed around 13 MPH.I took four rest stops for a total of 50 minutes off the bike. I really wanted to vastly improve that time this year for the same event, was looking to do the ride non-stop and in about or under 4 hours. This is what motivated me to train over the winter but now the ride is cancelled. 2021 will eventually get here though and I'm keeping my feet to the fire.