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Saturday, June 27, 2009
Syscon 2009 Double-Century (Almost) Bike Ride 2009 - Here we Come! When: Saturday and Sunday, June 27th and 28th, 2009 Where: Elmhurst, IL to Utica, IL Who: Friends of Syscon Why: To help people less fortunate than us, for fun, for health. Check out the 2008 Ride Picture Gallery.  Welcome to the general information page for the Syscon 2009 Double-Century (Almost) Bike Ride. These pages contain the current information regarding the ride.In addition to the fellowship, fun, and health aspects of this ride, we raise money for an excellent cause - truly helping transition homeless families to self-sufficiency through Daybreak of Elmhurst. This is a demanding ride and requires some preparation and training, but anyone can do it who has the heart and the interest. This year, we have added two weeks of training to the schedule which will help those of us that have let the winter fat store up just a little too much. The Ride On the first day we ride approximately 100 miles. We then stay at a hotel and reverse the route to return the next day. Most of the ride is along Illinois country roads. See my comments from the 2007 ride for a more detailed description. We are doing this ride for helping those less fortunate than us, fun, fellowship, and exercise. That is all there is really to it. Syscon is going to cover the cost of lodging, breakfast and dinner on Saturday, breakfast on Sunday, and a SAG van with a driver to carry our supplies and give a respite to anyone who may need it. To make this a bit more fun and beneficial, in addition to the training rides, the riders will meet together twice before the actual ride. Once to share training ideas and the second time to do an orientation on the route and schedule a week before the ride. Training There is a training schedule posted, and there is a significant time requirement to get in shape. This is a significant effort and you need to be ready for it. However, everyone that actually follows the schedule and does all the training rides will be able to do the double century without a problem - at least that has been our experience to date. Do What You Can You don't have to commit to the full ride if you do not wish to. If you don't want to train for 200 miles of riding in one weekend or you don't think you can make it the full ride, plan to do one of the two days - or even just a partial of one of the days. Join us for one of each of the two training rides each weekend or just stop a little earlier during the training rides. What is important is to get out and ride! Requirements Since I am going to suggest a route and Syscon is going to sponsor some of the expenses of this trip, we are going to have to deal with the legal side of things - namely a waiver of liability. It will be required that all of the riders on this trip sign a waiver prior to leaving on the trip. Secondly, I'm going to ask everyone that rides to wear a helmet. I have had two crashes where my helmet has prevented significant injury to me, so I am personally convinced of the value of having something of a buffer between my skull and the concrete on the road (or a tree, rock, etc.). I'm asking everyone to commit to wearing a helmet during the training and the ride just so I don't have to worry about anyone getting hurt. Labels: daybreak, Double Century Bike Ride, syscon
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2009 Training RidesTraining ConceptsWe are going to use a series of 13 weekend training rides to build up to the distance we need to do the double century. Using a common recommended approach of building up to 75% of the target ride, we will do two long rides each weekend using this target schedule:  It will be important to get in the additional miles on your own during the week to stay on training. If you don't think you can train for both days of the trip, just train for one day (Saturday) and then you can ride home in the SAG van. To train for one day, do one of the two long weekend rides per week and train do half of the remaining days mileage during the week days. Training Links Here are some of the good articles and links on endurance training and long-distance biking: A good basic guide from Ultra Cycling Magazine. Other good links from Ultra Cycling Magazine: Nutrition for a Century or a Double Eating for a Century, Brevet or Double Century Water and Salt Intake During Exercise Labels: Double Century Bike Ride, syscon, training
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
June 26th and 27th - The BIG Ride!The 2009 Double-Century Ride Saturday Sunday The weather looks hot for Saturday, so we are trying to get an early start and beat most of the heat of the day. On Sunday, the weather looks perfect. Before the ride, please download, print, and sign the waiver form. Syscon 2009 Double-Century Fact Sheet General Release and Waiver FormLabels: daybreak, Double Century Bike Ride, syscon
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Friday, June 19, 2009
June 20th and 21st Training Rides - COMPLETEDThe Rides for This Weekend Saturday When: Saturday, June 20th - COMPLETED Starting Location: Caribou Coffee - Downtown Wheaton Starting Time: 6:30am Target Distance: 50 miles Route: Fermilab and then West through Aurora Sunday When: Sunday, June 21st - COMPLETED Starting Location: Caribou Coffee - Downtown Wheaton Starting Time: 6:30am Target Distance: 50 miles Route: Fermilab and then West through Aurora A Little Exploring Normally, we do a short ride the week before the Double Century. However, this year we have had more than our share of weather and scheduling issues for various riders and some of us have missed some of the longer rides. So we are going to do two medium length rides this weekend. Not too much so we are exhauste for next week, but a decent training ride. For our destination, we are going to do some exploring in Aurora. We have a good route from Elmhurst to Utica for the big ride with the execption of getting through Aurora. This weekend, we will start from Wheaton, go through Fermilab and do some exploring going south through Aurora to find a new route for this segment of the ride. Labels: daybreak, Double Century Bike Ride, syscon
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
June 13th and 14th Training Rides - COMPLETEDThe Rides for This Weekend Saturday When: Saturday, June 13th - CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER Starting Location: 296 E. Van Buren, Elmhurst Starting Time: 6:30am Target Distance: 70 miles Route: West into Glen Ellyn, Fermilab, Batavia - then North to South Elgin, and Return Sunday When: Sunday, June 14th - COMPLETED Starting Location: 296 E. Van Buren, Elmhurst Starting Time: 6:30am Target Distance: 70 miles Route: Wherever the mood takes us! The Last Long Rides This is the last week that we will do a long ride for training. It has been fun building up to riding these distances again. I'm looking forward to our big weekend! Labels: daybreak, Double Century Bike Ride, syscon
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