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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
May 2nd and 3rd Training Rides - COMPLETEDThe Rides for This Weekend Saturday When: Saturday, May 2nd - COMPLETED Starting Location: 296 E. Van Buren, Elmhurst Starting Time: 6:30am Target Distance: 37 miles Route: West into Glen Ellyn and then Winfield. Sunday When: Sunday, May 3rd - COMPLETED Starting Location: 296 E. Van Buren, Elmhurst Starting Time: 6:30am Target Distance: 37 miles Route: West on St. Charles Road into Carol Stream Starting to Build Mileage I still remember the first year we did this ride and the 15 mile round-trip to the Glen Ellyn coffee shop seemed like a days good work. Now as we build our training mileage, as we get into 35, 40, 45 miles it is exciting and interesting, not terrifying. With these longer rides, we can do some very interesting routes and on Sunday, we are going to take one of our favorite rides along St. Charles road. Labels: bike ride, double century, syscon, training
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
April 25th and 26th Training Rides - COMPLETEDThe Rides for This Weekend Saturday When: Saturday, April 25th - COMPLETED Starting Location: 296 E. Van Buren, Elmhurst Starting Time: 7:00am Target Distance: 33 miles Route: West into Glen Ellyn and then Winfield. Sunday When: Sunday, April 26th - COMPLETED Starting Location: 296 E. Van Buren, Elmhurst Starting Time: 7:00am Target Distance: 33 miles Route: West into Glen Ellyn and then Winfield Let's tackle the Hill During this time of the year, the weather is almost always our first concern when planning for riding. Soon we will be past this as we move fully into spring and the suprise snowfalls and cold days are a thing of the past. This weekend, it looks like our weather challenge will be the wind. Good. With this week of training, we will have caught up to our target mileage after losing the first week due to weather. We will be going 33 miles with a route into Winfield. There is a nice hill that we do two or three times in a loop in Winfield and that will be our target for this week. Labels: bike ride, double century, syscon, training
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Thursday, April 16, 2009
April 18th and 19th Training Rides - COMPLETEDThe Rides for This Weekend Saturday When: Saturday, April 18th - COMPLETED Starting Location: 296 E. Van Buren, Elmhurst Starting Time: 7:00am Target Distance: 30 miles Route: West into Glen Ellyn and then Wheaton. Sunday When: Sunday, April 19th - COMPLETED Starting Location: 296 E. Van Buren, Elmhurst Starting Time: 7:00am Target Distance: 30 miles Route: West into Glen Ellyn and then Wheaton. Saturday was a good riding day. Although it was a bit cloudy, it was reasonably warm and there were times when the sun was visible. Fortunately, we did not have any mishaps this week like last. We extended our typical ride to Wheaton with a loop around the College of DuPage and completed just under 30 miles. Sunday was cold and raining. No one showed up to ride, so I rode by myself starting about 2 hours after our original start time of 7:00am. I kept hoping the weather would clear. Finally I just struck out. I did a decent 32 mile ride to Winfield. Labels: daybreak, Double Century Bike Ride, syscon, training
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Thursday, April 9, 2009
April 11th and 12th Training Rides - COMPLETEDThe Rides for This Weekend Saturday When: Saturday, April 11th Starting Location: 296 E. Van Buren, Elmhurst Starting Time: 7:30am Target Distance: 25 miles Route: West into Glen Ellyn and then Wheaton. Sunday When: Sunday, April 12th - CANCELLED Starting Location: 296 E. Van Buren, Elmhurst Starting Time: 7:30am Target Distance: 25 miles Route: West into Glen Ellyn and then Wheaton. A Good Weekend to Ride It was cold on Saturday, but four struck out at 7:30 and started riding. One of our new riders, Mike, had a little crash but survived. Fortunately Mike does not seem discouraged about continuing the ride. Sunday was even colder in the morning. The cold, combined Easter events, killed this ride. Hopefully some of you had a chance to ride in the afternoon which turned out quite nice. I'm still getting a lot of people talking to me about riding, but not everyone seems to be getting out and doing it yet. The weather is warming up and the mileage is getting longer, so come and join us as soon as you can. Labels: bike ride, daybreak, double century, syscon, training
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009
April 4th and 5th Training Rides - COMPLETEDThe Rides for This Weekend Saturday When: Saturday, April 4th Starting Location: 296 E. Van Buren, Elmhurst Starting Time: 7:30am Target Distance: 22 miles Route: West into Glen Ellyn and then Wheaton. Sunday - Cancelled due to weather When: Sunday, April 5th Starting Location: 296 E. Van Buren, Elmhurst Starting Time: 7:30am Target Distance: 22 miles Route: West into Glen Ellyn and then Wheaton. The Ride It was a good ride on Saturday. A ride out to Wheaton, a cup of coffee, and back. Although it was a bit cool (about 37 degrees when we started out), the sun was warm and as long as we kept moving, we were fine. Sunday - on April 5th - it was cold, raining and sometimes snowing. We had to cancel riding to due to the weather. What to Expect Since last week was cancelled due to weather, it looks like this week will be the first. I have repeated the "what to expect" information from last week here. The first rides of the season are always the most painful. We have a couple of extra training weeks this year, so we are starting with a short ride of 22 miles, but if you don't make the full distance, don't worry about it! Trust me, if you stick with the training schedule, you will be in shape to make the full ride on June 27th and 28th. Also, everyone misses some of the training rides - we are all busy. That's OK, particularly if you make up the lost mileage on your own during the week. For these first few rides, there are several places we will be able to stop and rest. If you need to, you can rest while the other riders go further and then come back to pick you up. We generally ride regardless of the weather. If it is cold, make sure to wear several layers and long biking pants. Below 45 degrees and a face mask is a big help. We have found that Under Armour Cold Gear is the best layer to start with in cold weather. My personal rule of thumb for layers is: Below 45 degrees - Under Armour Cold Gear (long sleeve turtle neck), a biking jersey, a cotton or fleece sweater or sweat shirt, and finally a wind/water-proof windbreaker jacket; long-fingered biking gloves; face mask. 45 to 55 degrees - Under Armour Cold Gear, a biking jersey, windbreaker jacket; regular gloves 55 and Up - biking jersey and a windbreaker jacket. The jackets that have removable sleeves are really nice because we experience quite a range of temperatures when we start early in the morning and ride into the late morning. Other key equipment: A good helmet is a *must*!
Labels: daybreak, double century, syscon, training
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