emptgrave

How many have you done at one time?

I had to do 70 miles yesterday.

I have my first century Saturday. Yesterday was my last day to get a long ride in before the ride and it was raining.

rog

None. I put in some miles on the rollers in Jan/Feb, but since then, it's all been outdoors.

garysol1 

It was 68 degrees in Knoxville yesterday. Why were you inside again? Rain********** A little water won't make you melt. As much as I hate to say it....HTFU

emptgrave

Were you here?
Thunderstorms in and out and I really could not see doing the full 70 out in it.

Homebrew01

ZERO ! We rode outside all winter long !!

patentcad

Zero point zero zero.

garysol1 

I lived in Collierville for many years. I know what 68 degrees and thunderstorms are like. BTW...I was there up till Saturday. I forgot how nice the roads are there. I am jealous.

spoke50

I've got more miles on the trainer than the bike. Work schedual is killing me, unlike a lot of the losers on this forum.

emptgrave

Yea, pretty good for the most part. Don't know if you ever road foothills parkway or any of the Townsend runs, but they are great training grounds.

garysol1 

I have many motorcycle miles on Foothills Parkway down to 129. Fabulous road!!

Bobby Lex

+1. Trainer "miles" always = ZERO.

Time is how you measure trainer workouts.

Bob

Pharmr

not enough....I hate the thought of getting on that trainer.

Hickeydog

A good action movie or a documentary makes time go by like no other, if that helps. I watched the entire "The War" documentary in 4 days while riding my rollers. Or get someone else to "ride" with so you can talk. It helps.

merlinextraligh

My trainer is stationary. It doesn't move an inch, much less move in miles.

emptgrave

I am amazed that you all do not measure more than just your time on the trainer.

palookabutt

I think the most I've done on the trainer is 88 miles. I did 80 yesterday and had an excellent workout. I spent my last hour doing LT intervals while I watched Liège-Bastogne-Liège (go hard when the racing is on, recover during commercials). But then, I'm one of those strange people who actually enjoys being on the trainer. (Weirdo alert.)

Don't let people rag on you for riding your trainer. You're the only one who knows what conditions are safe for you. Your legs and heart still benefit from the effort. When I do get to ride outside, I find I can go longer and faster than I do on the trainer.

Good luck on your first century! Just remember to go out slowly and save your energy for the last hour or so. Be sure and tell us how it went!

merlinextraligh

I do. I measure time, cadence, wattage, and HR.

I don't measure miles because its completely meaningless. "Miles" on the trainer do not correlate to miles on the road, and can vary with something as simple as tire inflation, or how many turns I gave the dial in bringing the roller up to the wheel.

So "trainer miles" gives me nothing I can use. Watts on the other hand gives me something upon which to base a plan and compare progress.

Bobby Lex

+1. What he said.

Bob

redirekib

What's a trainer?

emptgrave

Thanks for the encouragement and lack of sarcasm! It really was a simple question and some had to make it really complicated.
I do the same as far as watching movies. Finished 3:10 to Yuma last night and tried to watch Pearl Harbor, but had to turn it off for the bad acting.
I ride a lot of mountain roads and cars already make me uncomfortable enough. I really did not want to be out in that mess for a little over 4 hours, plus I HATE LIGHTNING. Had an uncle get killed by it and a window literally blown apart on me one night when our house was struck. Guess it has become a phobia of sorts.

merlinextraligh

^ The point that I'm not sure you're getting yet is that Miles is not the proper measurement; it's time and intensity.

Thus, if you need to put in a long ride to prepare for your century, and are willing to do it on a trainer, you should be looking at the hours and intensity the century will take you, and then working on your trainer for the relevent time and intensity.

scotch

this winter, seasons 2 and 3 of The Wire. that's pretty far.

emptgrave

No, I get what you are saying, but this seems to be the easiest # to compare out the gate.

I don't have a watt counter but kept HRM up as much as possible. I also have variable settings on the trainer and so would do different intervals involving climbs, sprints, etc. I tried to keep my trainer locked down to the point where I was putting in the same effort/HRM that I do on my long rides on the road compared to the measured mph, thus the closest I could get for my situation.

I train on the road a lot and am depending on it for the century. I wanted to get one more long interval of riding in and this was the best I could do with my time and conditions for the weekend.

Time of riding yesterday was 4 hours 15 minutes.

Asian Sensation

I've done 50 on trainer followed by 10 miles on rollers in one session. This was when it was raining in january as well open the garage and just watch the droplets fall as you stay dry. When you need to cool off, just walk outside...