Should I call a day off of work and do a century?
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I've been thinking about trying a century, too. My max so far was something like 80 miles. If it's not too hilly it should be quite doable. We should get together somehow
Or do the century on Zwift 
@klaus said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
I've been thinking about trying a century, too. We should get together!
That would be most rad. I'm up to riding more now but you'd still burn me, most likely.
I'm looking at routes now. I might do something fancy like take a tour of Maryland's eastern shore, somewhere I'm not too familiar.
We could plan it on the same day and do a virtual race!
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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.
I was only joking
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Been resting up for the past couple of days, as per Cats' suggestion. (Seemed like a good idea either way.)
But with Delta + Gamma running amok, there might be a limited opportunity for this sort of thing.
So what do you all think? Century? I'd want to do it during a workday; don't wanna be gone all day on a weekend.
@aqua-letifer said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
So what do you all think? Century?
Oy.
I admire your wanting to do this. I'll be watching this thread with interest.
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Right now, the US still won't let me in, but once traveling resumes, more options arise, but not in the short term.
What do you think a "virtual race" would look like?
A fully virtual option would be on Zwift - we could even live-stream it to TNCR
But admittedly it's not nearly as much fun as "real" cycling. -
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.
@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.
Please love yourself.
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Right now, the US still won't let me in, but once traveling resumes, more options arise, but not in the short term.
What do you think a "virtual race" would look like?
A fully virtual option would be on Zwift - we could even live-stream it to TNCR
But admittedly it's not nearly as much fun as "real" cycling.@klaus said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
Right now, the US still won't let me in, but once traveling resumes, more options arise, but not in the short term.
What do you think a "virtual race" would look like?
Post on here throughout the ride with distance updates would be my guess. That way we can use whatever platform we happen to have—Google maps, Strava, FitBit, etc.
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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?:
We should all pick a day and try to do one and send live updates.
What's this "all" shit?
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@aqua-letifer said in Should I call a day off of work and do a century?:
We should all pick a day and try to do one and send live updates.
What's this "all" shit?
@catseye3 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?:
We should all pick a day and try to do one and send live updates.
What's this "all" shit?
Well, whoever wants to.BIKES ARE FUN! GIT YOU ONE!
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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.
