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Saturday, April 26, 2008
April 26th and 27th Training Rides - COMPLETEDThe Rides for This Weekend COMPLETED Saturday Believe it or not, this weekend coming up is the half-way point of the training. We are shooting for 46 miles at a decent pace. Are you up for the challenge? Last week, I rode by myself on Saturday. Since I was alone, I stretched the distance from the targeted 30 miles to 46. It was an excellent ride going out to Fermi Lab - little wind, reasonably warm and sunshine peaking out between the clouds. I was feeling good and continued on to Fermi Lab but - of course - the minute I turned around the wind whipped up into a good headwind. Shortly after the rain started and I had a long, wet ride home. Sunday was great. Chad, Matt, and I had a solid ride for 35 miles in sunshine that has been sorely missed for the last few weeks. This week, we are at the half-way point. 46 miles and building fast. See the training schedule for the remaining weeks. Labels: bike ride, double century, syscon, training
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Saturday, April 19, 2008
April 19th and 20th Training Rides - COMPLETEDThe Rides for This Weekend COMPLETED Saturday Sunday A Short Ride and a Chance to Jump In Again We anticipated a character builder last weekend with the weather - and we sure had that. There was actual snow on Saturday - mixed with rain and it was cold. No other riders showed up and I just didn't have enough character to ride by myself in that mess! Sunday was not much better, but at least it was not snowing and the rain had let up. Matt and I rode the full 41 miles. We had lots of wind and hard little pellets of sleet hitting us at points in the ride. None-the-less, we had a pretty decent time and got about 3 miles west of Route 59 in West Chicago. In the past, we have taken this week (week 5) as a rest week and done only a short ride of 20 miles. Since we have missed three rides due to weather in the past four weeks, we are going to compromise a bit on this one. We are going to go for 30 miles at an easy pace. This is an excellent time to join us for the first time if you are still contemplating training with us for the ride. Say, if you have a bet or something like that.... After this week we will return to the training schedule for the remaining weeks. Labels: bike ride, double century, syscon, training
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Saturday, April 12, 2008
April 12th and 13th Training Rides - COMPLETEDThe Rides for This Weekend SAT - CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER SUN - COMPLETED Saturday Building Character We had two beautiful days for riding last weekend. On Saturday, we had four riders and hit about 37 miles. On Sunday, Kent joined us for the first time and we hit 36 miles. However, the weather looks pretty crummy for this upcoming ride. Perhaps 42-44 degrees and rainy. I figure this will be a "character building" weekend. Remember, our 2006 ride started in cold rainy weather just like this - and it was at the beginning of June. There is precendent and we should definitely keep riding as long as it is not dangerous. For this week, we have caught up with the training schedule and go for 41 miles. We are still sticking with a flat, easy route. We will have rest stops at the Glen Ellyn Starbucks and the Wheaton Caribou Coffee Shop. If anyone is too tired to continue, they can rest while the rest of the group continues and then loops back to pick them up. We will be trying the later times again this weekend to allow a bit of warm up. Labels: bike ride, double century, syscon, training
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Saturday, April 5, 2008
April 5th and 6th Training Rides - COMPLETEDThe Rides for This Weekend COMPLETED Saturday Last week was a tough first week. We had five riders - Larry, Louie, Matt, Chad, and Paul - on Saturday and found the great hill in Winfield on Summit. This is a hill of about a 6 to 7% grade and about a 1/4 mile long - a perfect training hill in the middle of the ride. Chad trained with us last year but could not make the ride. He has a brand new Specialized road bike and is serious about riding this year. Paul is a brand new rider and used a road bike and clips for the very first time on this ride. I think he found a few new places to be sore by the end of the ride. Sunday was cold and rainy - about 38 degrees and rain is not a very fun time to ride. For this one, there were just three of us and we all wanted to give up after the first few miles. But mutual peer pressure did the trick and we did the entire ride. For this week, we will catch up a little ground on the training schedule and shoot for 35 miles - just two miles short of the 37 target for the day. The weather looks like it will be absolutely perfect, so it should be a lot of fun. Again, we will stick with a flat, easy route. We will have rest stops at the Glen Ellyn Starbucks and the Wheaton Caribou Coffee Shop. If anyone is too tired to continue, they can rest while the rest of the group continues and then loops back to pick them up. This worked out well last week. There is no shame in resting while other riders go on. By the time we ride the double century, we will all be cruising! We will be trying the later times again this weekend to allow a bit of warm up. Labels: bike ride, double century, syscon, training
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