What's Your Highest "Suffer Score"?
09-03-12, 10:21 AM
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299 is my highest
- 73.9miDistance
- 3,855ftElevation (?)
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I dont have the premium subscription to Strava but I gotta say that if I did, today would've been right up there. Felt great on the first leg of the 30mi going as hard as I could with no regard to the ride back. Set a PR, rested a few moments in the heat and then paid the piper for the ride back. I'm still wiped out.
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310 on a century...https://app.strava.com/rides/13412624
09-06-12, 09:14 PM
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310 on a century...https://app.strava.com/rides/13412624
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09-07-12, 07:45 AM
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I'm not impressed with any of these high scores. I want to see who has the LOWEST suffer score. How about 21 miles, 2,100 ft. climbing and a suffer score of 60. At between 7,000 and 9,000 ft. in altitude. Any more suffering and my body would have exploded. I'm sure that parts of it did.
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I just hit a new high, or stupid, suffer score.
Knoxville Double Century (Vacaville Calif. Name is from Knoxville Road.)
931
It was a long, very hot day
https://app.strava.com/rides/23595156
Knoxville Double Century (Vacaville Calif. Name is from Knoxville Road.)
931
It was a long, very hot day
https://app.strava.com/rides/23595156
10-01-12, 07:38 AM
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I just hit a new high, or stupid, suffer score.
Knoxville Double Century (Vacaville Calif. Name is from Knoxville Road.)
931
It was a long, very hot day
https://app.strava.com/rides/23595156
Knoxville Double Century (Vacaville Calif. Name is from Knoxville Road.)
931
It was a long, very hot day
https://app.strava.com/rides/23595156
10-01-12, 08:52 AM
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I only use Strava to see what others do.
I ain't paying for premium
I ain't paying for premium
10-01-12, 10:56 AM
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On my last "event", only about 50% of the riders who started the event managed to finish it. Most of those dropped did so in the first 24 hours although there was a steady trickle of DNF's over the next 2.5 days. I don't use Strava but it would be interesting to see if it even qualifies as suffering using their metrics.
10-28-12, 07:19 PM
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50+ sufferers take heart. Here's a recent ride by a noteworthy pro, Joe Dombrowski. Very meager suffering by our high standards! 
https://app.strava.com/rides/26262185
https://app.strava.com/rides/26262185
08-07-13, 09:43 AM
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Resurrecting this near-Zombie thread:
SS of 175 on the Marin 100K, 3.1 suffers/mile. There was not much true suffering involved. I didn't actually cramp, but was darn tired at the end; noticeable lack of wattage on the last climb and a pitiful 14.5 mph average. I could have gone a bit harder, but have very little 100K experience on a single bike.
Marin 100K
SS of 175 on the Marin 100K, 3.1 suffers/mile. There was not much true suffering involved. I didn't actually cramp, but was darn tired at the end; noticeable lack of wattage on the last climb and a pitiful 14.5 mph average. I could have gone a bit harder, but have very little 100K experience on a single bike.
Marin 100K
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https://app.strava.com/activities/48595374
This is mine if running counts. I don't have any good suffer scores on the bike yet.
192 for 12 mile run.
SUM = 16
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This is mine if running counts. I don't have any good suffer scores on the bike yet.
192 for 12 mile run.
SUM = 16
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245 for a hilly 79 mile Strava challenge. 54% of that ride was in tempo.
365 for a half marathon I ran in.
365 for a half marathon I ran in.
08-07-13, 12:01 PM
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50+ sufferers take heart. Here's a recent ride by a noteworthy pro, Joe Dombrowski. Very meager suffering by our high standards!
https://app.strava.com/rides/26262185
https://app.strava.com/rides/26262185
No suffer score from me since I'm not a premium subscriber and don't have a heart monitor. https://www.strava.com/activities/26257863
08-07-13, 02:39 PM
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I'm having way too much fun on my bike to suffer.
But can't yu ramp up the suffer score by simply changing the thresholds on HR so that Strava think you're spending more time in Maximum HR?
But can't yu ramp up the suffer score by simply changing the thresholds on HR so that Strava think you're spending more time in Maximum HR?
08-07-13, 03:33 PM
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I just hit a new high, or stupid, suffer score.
Knoxville Double Century (Vacaville Calif. Name is from Knoxville Road.)
931
It was a long, very hot day
https://app.strava.com/rides/23595156
Knoxville Double Century (Vacaville Calif. Name is from Knoxville Road.)
931
It was a long, very hot day
https://app.strava.com/rides/23595156
How would a suffer score of 900+ be rated? Kamikaze? Death wish?
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08-07-13, 09:03 PM
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My "931" only rates epic. But if I were in charge I'd rate it "stupid"
What I don't get is why I got a lower score for this ride, which was harder and longer.
[h=2]Devil Mountain Double What was I thinking?[/h]
What I don't get is why I got a lower score for this ride, which was harder and longer.
[h=2]Devil Mountain Double What was I thinking?[/h]
- 206.4miDistance
- 21,718ftElevation
- 17:35:36Moving Time
- 7,978Calories
- 816
08-07-13, 10:28 PM
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It should actually have been higher, but the Garmin's battery ran out 38 hard miles from the end.
It should actually have been higher, but the Garmin's battery ran out 38 hard miles from the end.
08-08-13, 01:55 PM
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See my reply #58 . Recumbent riders dont suffer!
