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Sunday, February 7, 2010
2010 Training RidesTraining ConceptsWe are going to use a series of 10 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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Saturday, June 27, 2009
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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Friday, May 29, 2009
May 30th and 31st Training Rides - COMPLETEDThe Rides for This Weekend Saturday When: Saturday, May 30th - COMPLETED Starting Location: 296 E. Van Buren, Elmhurst Starting Time: 6:30am Target Distance: 57 miles Route: West into Glen Ellyn, Fermilab, Batavia - then North to St. Charles, and Return Sunday When: Sunday, May 31st - COMPLETED Starting Location: 296 E. Van Buren, Elmhurst Starting Time: 6:30am Target Distance: 57 miles Route: West on St. Charles Road to Smith Road and into South Elgin, St. Charles, and Back The Big Triangle This week - with only four weeks of training left - we are going to ride the "triangle" from Elmhurst to Batavia to St. Charles and back. We spend a small portion of the ride along Fox River. There are three more weeks of long rides left and then a light week and then the double-century. Are you ready? Labels: bike ride, double century, syscon, training
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
May 23rd and 24th Training Rides - COMPLETEDThe Rides for This Weekend Saturday When: Saturday, May 23rd - COMPLETED Starting Location: 296 E. Van Buren, Elmhurst Starting Time: 6:30am Target Distance: 51 miles Route: West into Glen Ellyn and then to Fermilab. Sunday When: Sunday, May 24th - COMPLETED Starting Location: 296 E. Van Buren, Elmhurst Starting Time: 6:30am Target Distance: 51 miles Route: West on St. Charles Road to Smith Road and into South Elgin, St. Charles, and Back 50 miles and Counting Last week, we had some great weather for riding. The rides were a little shorter than the target mileage, but on Sunday, with Louie pushing the pace, we had some hard riding (at least for us). It was a great work out. Now we are over 50 miles on the training rides. This is a fun distance. We get to some less travelled areas and some interesting places - like Fermilab. There are places with miles before stop signs and lights, so we can set up a pace line and move at a pretty good pace without interruption. Plus, the average person is pretty impressed when you say you went out and rode 50 miles that day! Labels: bike ride, double century, syscon, training
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
May 16th and 17th Training Rides - COMPLETEDThe Rides for This Weekend Saturday When: Saturday, May 16th - COMPLETED Starting Location: 296 E. Van Buren, Elmhurst Starting Time: 6:30am Target Distance: 46 miles Route: West into Glen Ellyn and then to Fermilab. Sunday When: Sunday, May 17th - COMPLETED Starting Location: 296 E. Van Buren, Elmhurst Starting Time: 6:30am Target Distance: 46 miles Route: West on St. Charles Road to Smith Road and into South Elgin Half-Way Home I didn't get to mention this last week because I missed sending out the notification, but last week was the half-way mark of the training rides. Just 7 more training weeks before the ride. We are getting to some mileage targets that take us on some more interesting routes. The two we will do this week are two of my personal favorites. Saturday goes down to Fermilab and back. Sunday we take St. Charles road - which is only really safe on an early Sunday morning - catch a few back roads up to Smith Road and then to Army Trail through Wayne. These are very nice rides with interesting sights along the way, some rolling hills, and some places to do sprints. Labels: double century, syscon, training
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May 9th and 10th Training Rides - COMPLETEDThe Rides for This Weekend Saturday When: Saturday, May 9th - COMPLETED Starting Location: 296 E. Van Buren, Elmhurst Starting Time: 6:30am Target Distance: 42 miles Route: West into Glen Ellyn and then Winfield. Sunday When: Sunday, May 10th - COMPLETED Starting Location: 296 E. Van Buren, Elmhurst Starting Time: 6:30am Target Distance: 42 miles Route: West on St. Charles Road into Carol Stream I Blew It! I think this is the first time I ever did this, but I forgot to send out a notification to everyone last week and so there was a little confusion. However, we still got our rides in. Saturday we did a nice 42 miles. Sunday, we had a new rider and we ended up going a little bit short. Besides, it was Mother's Day and we all wanted to get home a little early. Labels: daybreak, double century, syscon, training
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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*!
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Monday, March 23, 2009
March 28 and 29 Training Rides - CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER!The Rides for This Weekend CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER! WEATHER UPDATE! (3/27 6:18am) - The weather for this weekend is looking bad. In general we will not ride in snow or if it is below 40 Degrees. We are going to cancel the both rides for this weekend. Instead, come on over to my house and do some planning for the ride on Saturday during the ride time. I'll have breakfast ready for you. Give me a call if you have any questions. If you don't have my cell phone number, e-mail me for it. Saturday - CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER When: Saturday, March 28nd 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: Saturday, March 29th Starting Location: 296 E. Van Buren, Elmhurst Starting Time: 7:30am Target Distance: 22 miles Route: West into Glen Ellyn and then Wheaton. What to Expect 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:
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Friday, June 6, 2008
Training RoutesThanks to one of our riders - Chad - we are now able to post maps of our training rides. Over the past four years, we have found quite a few good routes through the busy Chicago metropolitan area. I know that I have always appreciated tips and routes from riders that take the time to post them for others to see.The data was collected with a Garmin GPS and posted to trail.motionbased.com. The links will take you to Google Maps and from there you can click on the trail.motionbased.com link which provides elevation information as well as some other nice statistics. Chicago to South Elgin - 60 Miles This route starts in Elmhurst in the Butterfield Park area, but the route is easily accessible from anywhere in Elmhurst. This is a great "any time" route as it avoids major roads (at least where they are the most busy) but also does not have an unreasonable amount of stop signs and lights. Google Maps - Chicago to South Elgin - 60 miles  Labels: bike, double century, routes, syscon, training
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
May 31st and June 1st Training Rides - COMPLETEDThe Rides for This Weekend COMPLETED Saturday Sunday Labels: bike, double century, syscon, training
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
May 24th and 25th Training Rides - COMPLETEDThe Rides for This Weekend COMPLETED Saturday Sunday It is supposed to be beautiful weather and we need a couple of good rides. Last week we had two decent rides - 60 miles on Saturday and 50 on Sunday. Sunday was tough - cold and windy. For me, every mile was a chore. Still, it was good to get out and do some significant milage two days in a row. This week, we shoot for 65 miles. This is, again, a little below the target, but we have one more training week after this. We usually take the last week for a little rest, but we will go for a semi-long ride and we will be more than ready for the double-century ride. See the training schedule for the remaining weeks. Labels: bike, double century, syscon, training
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
May 17th and 18th Training Rides - COMPLETEDThe Rides for This Weekend COMPLETED Saturday Sunday 55 miles this weekend - each day. I've backed off the target mileage a little bit for this weekend since we missed last week. I don't remember when we had so much bad weather during the training period. Saturday I was out of town, so hopefully everyone rode when and if they could. Sunday was cold and just a plain old storm. It was not realistically rideable. Personally, I won't be pushing the pace too much because I have 7 days of vacation fat and sloth right now (and it was well worth it!). This week, we shoot for 55 miles. This is a little below the target, but we need to do some catch up time after this last week. See the training schedule for the remaining weeks. Labels: bike ride, double century, syscon, training
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
May 10th and 11th Training Rides - CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHERThe Rides for This Weekend CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER Saturday Sunday 57 miles this weekend - each day. We are not in a hurry, so we will stop a couple of times to take a break and we won't leave anyone behind. Last week Saturday still had some good winds, but not nearly as challenging as the prior week. Matt and I were the only riders although Joe stopped by to say hello. His cast is off, but he won't be riding for a few weeks yet. We completed 51 miles - again going through Fermi Lab. An moment of poetic justice was when a car flew by us on the road through Fermi Lab where the speed limit is 35 and shortly after a cop was on his tail. We passed him - pulled over - about a mile further down the road - no doubt getting a ticket from the officer. Sunday was much a beautiful day and we headed west on the St. Charles road route. Nine miles out, Matt lost the bolt on his crank and he was down for the ride. That is not a field repair within my ability or tools. After getting Matt his car and sending him on his way, I completed 35 miles before I had to leave for the day. This week, we shoot for 57 miles. See the training schedule for the remaining weeks. Labels: bike ride, double century, syscon, training
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Friday, May 2, 2008
May 3rd and 4th Training Rides - COMPLETEDThe Rides for This Weekend COMPLETED Saturday 51 miles this weekend - each day. If you can make these rides, you can do the double-century. We will stop a couple of times to take a break and we won't leave anyone behind. Last week Saturday had very, very challenging 15 to 20mph winds with gusts up to 30mph. Matt and I were the only riders and as we hit Fermi Lab with its wide open plains, we had our heads down pumping as hard was we could to make 10 to 12 miles per hour. My heart was cruising steadily at 150bpm. I cannot believe how hard we had to work. Sunday was much better and the same ride was more enjoyable. It was still cold (I'm getting sick of this crummy weather), but no rain as was originally predicted. We hit 45.8 miles both days doing the same ride from Elmhurst to Fermi Lab and back. This week, we break the 50 mile mark. See the training schedule for the remaining weeks. Labels: bike ride, double century, syscon, training
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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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Saturday, March 29, 2008
March 29th and 30th Training Rides - COMPLETEDThe Rides for This Weekend COMPLETED Saturday If this is your first ride with us, see the notes from last weeks ride on what to expect. Labels: bike ride, double century, syscon, training
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Saturday, March 22, 2008
March 22nd and 23rd - CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHERThe Rides for This Weekend - CANCELLED! WEATHER UPDATE! (3/21 12:27pm) - The weather for this weekend is bad. In general we will not ride in snow or if it is below 38 Degrees. Unfortunately, we are going to have to cancel this weeks rides due to weather. For those of you who are now breathing a sigh of relief - just remember, this means we have to do 200 miles with one less week of training! Get on those stationary bikes this weekend! Saturday - CANCELLED When: Saturday, March 22nd Starting Location: 296 E. Van Buren, Elmhurst Starting Time: 7:00am Target Distance: 30 miles Route: West into Glen Ellyn and then Wheaton. Sunday - CANCELLED When: Saturday, March 23rd (Easter! But we will be done by 9:30) Starting Location: 296 E. Van Buren, Elmhurst Starting Time: 7:00am Target Distance: 30 miles Route: West into Glen Ellyn and then Wheaton. What to Expect The first rides of the season are always the most painful. We are shooting for 30 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 7th and 8th. 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 40-45 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:
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