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Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on May 19, 2013 at 8:46am

Part 2.

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• Part 2- Journal IR 1990.pdf, 5.9 MB

Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on May 19, 2013 at 8:48am

Part 3.

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• Part 3-Journal IR 1990.pdf, 6.5 MB

Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on May 19, 2013 at 8:50am

Part 4.

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• Part 4-Journal IR 1990.pdf, 5.7 MB

Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on May 19, 2013 at 8:51am

Part 5.

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• Part 5-Journal IR 1990.pdf, 6.3 MB

Permalink Reply by Lanterne Rouge on May 19, 2013 at 5:03pm

You're a gentleman and a scholar, good sir.

Thanks for the good read. I also realized that these people who were giving training tips are putting in some serious miles. And here, I thought putting in 600 miles a month wasn't too shabby - now i come to the sad realization that I'm just a schmuck noodling around compared to these guys.

Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on May 20, 2013 at 7:25am

Don't freak out about other people's high mileage. I have never ridden more than about 7000 miles in any given year, and I haven't done that very often. A lot of the people cited were training to race vs. training to finish. If I were to train for brevets and/or PBP now, I would concentrate on higher intensity shorter duration workouts. I did the GLR 200K and 300K in 2010 without any special or additional training, and while I was not thrilled with my times, I know I am capable of doing that distance. 

Your experience with the "windy 200K" makes me think you should concentrate on doing some interval training-ride on a track, ride with people faster than you, or during every ride, just sprint to that next highway sign or mailbox, rest, and then sprint to something else. This'll not only have the effect of improving your average speed, but will make you more capable of riding in a paceline which is where you get the dual benefit of faster pace with reduced effort. If you just grind out miles without purpose it's not a very effective way to train.

Permalink Reply by Lanterne Rouge on May 23, 2013 at 2:13pm

This makes a lot of sense. Though, I'll readily admit that I'm not looking to get really fast. Based on the GLR update, it looks like the first group of six people arrived in 8:40, which puts their average speed at around 15.5 and their moving speed even higher. Our average speed worked out to a little over 10 mph. I think that, without the wind, we could have worked out to 12.5 mph, which is fine by me. 

Though, if I ever become ambitious enough to do a 400/600 ride, I'd want to get fast enough to incorporate a nap/sleep time. 

Permalink Reply by ilter on May 23, 2013 at 4:14pm

The journal is a great read by the way, thank you Kevin!  I am about the start Part 3. Taking my time, enjoying it slowly :)

Permalink Reply by ilter on May 23, 2013 at 4:55pm

correction, i am only on page 30 apparently.  70 more to go, yay!