Should I call a day off of work and do a century?
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@doctor-phibes said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
Definitely worth a go. The most I've done in the last couple of years is about 50, and I was knackered. I tend to start off too quickly, and then hit a wall after 2-3 hours.
In my opinion/experience, running distances are more linear whereas with bikes it's more exponential. If you can do 50, you can almost certainly do 100. When I did my first century, 50 was at the time my longest.
I think it helps to think in terms of time, not distance. Like, okay, I'm going to be out here for another 6 hours, so gotta plan accordingly.
We should all pick a day and try to do one and send live updates.
@aqua-letifer said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
I'm going to be out here for another 6 hours
6+ hours for 100 miles? I thought we were talking about a bike ride, not walking!
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@doctor-phibes said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
Definitely worth a go. The most I've done in the last couple of years is about 50, and I was knackered. I tend to start off too quickly, and then hit a wall after 2-3 hours.
In my opinion/experience, running distances are more linear whereas with bikes it's more exponential. If you can do 50, you can almost certainly do 100. When I did my first century, 50 was at the time my longest.
I think it helps to think in terms of time, not distance. Like, okay, I'm going to be out here for another 6 hours, so gotta plan accordingly.
We should all pick a day and try to do one and send live updates.
@aqua-letifer said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
In my opinion/experience, running distances are more linear whereas with bikes it's more exponential. If you can do 50, you can almost certainly do 100. When I did my first century, 50 was at the time my longest.
I'm fairly confident I could do a 100, but I'm not at all sure I want to
I absolutely love going out on the bike, but pretty much every single time after 2.5 hours, I think 'OK, I'm good, I don't want to do this any more'.
I was only joking
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@aqua-letifer said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
I'm going to be out here for another 6 hours
6+ hours for 100 miles? I thought we were talking about a bike ride, not walking!
@klaus said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
@aqua-letifer said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
I'm going to be out here for another 6 hours
6+ hours for 100 miles? I thought we were talking about a bike ride, not walking!
Okay, Rudi Altig.
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Make sure you confiscate Klaus' inhaler and 'tonic water'.
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@aqua-letifer said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
In my opinion/experience, running distances are more linear whereas with bikes it's more exponential. If you can do 50, you can almost certainly do 100. When I did my first century, 50 was at the time my longest.
I'm fairly confident I could do a 100, but I'm not at all sure I want to
I absolutely love going out on the bike, but pretty much every single time after 2.5 hours, I think 'OK, I'm good, I don't want to do this any more'.
@doctor-phibes said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
I'm fairly confident I could do a 100, but I'm not at all sure I want to
Lame.
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@klaus said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
Aqua, do you want to do the century on a fixie?
I think so? I've been looking at routes, and if I did something like Rehobeth to Assateague and back (or on the C&O), it'd definitely be flat enough.
I've done a couple of incidental centuries on a singlespeed, back in the day. No plan for it or anything, I just happened to be on a bike that long. So I know it's possible, but I'm also old now. Would have to plan.
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@doctor-phibes said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
I'm fairly confident I could do a 100, but I'm not at all sure I want to
Lame.
@klaus said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
@doctor-phibes said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
I'm fairly confident I could do a 100, but I'm not at all sure I want to
Lame.
Damn straight.
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I just did 33 miles after a 3 week break. It got a little ugly - it's amazing how quickly that happens. I'm highly unready for a century.
I was only joking
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I just did 33 miles after a 3 week break. It got a little ugly - it's amazing how quickly that happens. I'm highly unready for a century.
@doctor-phibes said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
I just did 33 miles after a 3 week break. It got a little ugly - it's amazing how quickly that happens. I'm highly unready for a century.
I did 32 yesterday. I was fine but it helped that I did it in 2 parts. I got a flat halfway through and the patches Would. Not. SEAL. I used 2 and all the glue that was in the kit. (Park Tool.) Air kept finding new ways out. I've never seen that shit before.
I had to walk it to an LBS and get a tube. I got 5. I'm done with patch kits.
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@klaus said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
I did a metric century today, in 3.5 hours. It was rather exhausting.
Wussy.
Still, 100k is a good stretch.
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@aqua-letifer said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
I'm going to be out here for another 6 hours
6+ hours for 100 miles? I thought we were talking about a bike ride, not walking!
@klaus said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
@aqua-letifer said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
I'm going to be out here for another 6 hours
6+ hours for 100 miles? I thought we were talking about a bike ride, not walking!
Do a century in some mountains or even some serious hills, and get back to me. lol
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@klaus said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
@aqua-letifer said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
I'm going to be out here for another 6 hours
6+ hours for 100 miles? I thought we were talking about a bike ride, not walking!
Do a century in some mountains or even some serious hills, and get back to me. lol
@mark said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
@klaus said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
@aqua-letifer said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
I'm going to be out here for another 6 hours
6+ hours for 100 miles? I thought we were talking about a bike ride, not walking!
Do a century in some mountains or even some serious hills, and get back to me. lol
Can I start at the top?
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@mark said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
@klaus said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
@aqua-letifer said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
I'm going to be out here for another 6 hours
6+ hours for 100 miles? I thought we were talking about a bike ride, not walking!
Do a century in some mountains or even some serious hills, and get back to me. lol
Can I start at the top?
@doctor-phibes said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
@mark said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
@klaus said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
@aqua-letifer said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
I'm going to be out here for another 6 hours
6+ hours for 100 miles? I thought we were talking about a bike ride, not walking!
Do a century in some mountains or even some serious hills, and get back to me. lol
Can I start at the top?
lol. If you finish back at the top.
