Originally Posted by
bdcheung
600k? That's a lot of riding.
indeed, it is. for the record, we (my friend & i) only did half of the 600k, then quit (forgot my htfu pills at home...) but with lots of other brevets in the 200-400k range, this distance is the next logical step, and well within anyone's grasp (who has done at least a 400k).
Originally Posted by bdcheung
What level of intensity do you do this at?
at a medium pace (for me), meaning my usual pace; i'm not sprinting for anything, but not necesarily "taking it easy" either. i took stops for pictures and whatnot, and tried to enjoy the scenery. on the flats i'd say we rolled in the 19-24 mph range, uphill was more like 5-12 mph.
0km - 69 km (top of first pass) took 3:53 or so (4 AM to 7:53 AM)
69k - 125k took ~2.5 hours
125k-200k (top of 2nd pass) took ~5 hours
200k-289k took another 4 hours or so
(~17 hous total, pretty slow for a ~300k, even for me)
so as you can see, certainly not setting any records! i don't ride with an HRM, GPS, Powertap, so i don't have any data for the ride. didn't even use a cyclocomputer for this one.
most riders finished in the 36-38 hour time-range (40 was the limit), with one speedy guy finishing in ~27 hours (official results
here)