| Subject: | Re: Ride early and often to prepare for a bike tour |
| Date: | 03/29/2007 11:12 AM |
| From: | Lily Darcey <lily_darc..@yahoo.com> |
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I wondered how the hard core racers do on this ride. I am no expert in riding, but I would think that if someone starts out too fast, they may almost burn themselves out when they get to the major climbing. I plan to ride moderate and steady all the way. I do not want to start out to fast for fear I will not finish the ride. I plan to enjoy the scenery, as some of you mentioned it is gorgeous. Greg, can you tell me what the worst hills were? How did you feel as you were climbing these, or how did your legs feel? My sister tells me that I will probably be standing and pedaling most of these hills. Are these climbs as straight up as the map makes them look? I have ridden my bike to Brothers, and have gone over Horse Ridge. That was a tough hill, but I made it slowly but surely. When I rode my bike to Shaniko last weekend, the only one grueling hill was the one where there is a split off at the base, just before you star the ascent. At the base there is this split that says to Antelope and to Fossil. Someone told me it is called Cattle or Cow something or other. Anyway Greg, tell me about the worst hills. Oh yes, was it very hot? Thank you Lily c.rycewicz@comcast.net wrote: I did that ride last summer on my motorcycle and the route is fantastic with some of the best scenery in Oregon. It would be truly epic on a bicycle.
This ride is being sponsored by Hutches Bikes in Bend. My only little problem with this ride is that it may well be in the heat, and I have what is called exercise induced anaphylaxis. I never know when it is going to hit, so I have to carry epinephrine at all times. I had an episode last summer when I was training for a marathon run, and ended up in the E.R. with a B/P of 42/32. Maybe some of you on this board may want to try this ride, or are going to do this ride? Look at the info below. Lily Oregon Ultimate Road Ride: July 7th 5 :00 am
"Meadors, Ivan C" wrote:
It sounds like you are doing the right things for training . You dont necessarily need to do the equivalent distance, but if you really enjoy cycling, then go for some of the sponsored century rides and then maybe ride to the start and ride home afterwards to increase the overall length and still have a chance to ride with other people to reduce the solitude and increase the social aspect of the ride (if you are so inclined).
Ride on ..
I am sorry, but I was wondering why my posts were not showing up, and I did not realize I had to email to the address above.
Lily Darcey wrote: I would like some advice from you folks. In July, I intend to to a bike ride, which is sponsored by a local bike shop here where I live. The distance is 215 miles in one day. Currently I am training alone for this ride. I ride 40 miles a day and sometimes as much as 50 per day with one day off in the week. I make sure to hit some hard hills also. On Saturdays, I will do about 100 miles. Last Saturday I kicked it up a notch and did a 172 mile bike ride in 11 hours. I know that may seem slow to you, but my goal was just to make it in one day within a reasonable amount of time. When the time arrives to do the 215 miles in one day in July, I plan to do it in under 15 hours, considering it is going to be on some of Oregon's most grueling mountains. Am I doing too little t o prepare, or too much? In order to do the 215 mile ride in July, should I make an attempt to do a ride of equal mileage before the July ride arrives?
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From: "Greg Bruce"
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