100 mile MSnyc training - Triathlon Week

wise · 07-23-2003, 10:30 AM

I'm a beginner when it comes to cycling. I have about a month & a half to train for this tour. What do I need to do to endure this? I know I can definitely do 30 miles. I'd come through incredibly fatigued at 60 miles but 100! Does it sound crazy! So be it! What do i do to prepare for this without burning out.

rob · 07-24-2003, 09:27 AM

What tour is it? Are you planning on "just finishing" or really trying hard to place?

100 miles is pretty far to race. I just got my cross-training up to over 100 miles per week!

Good luck and be careful.

wise · 07-25-2003, 06:15 AM

I'd like to finish. It's the bike tour for Multiple sclerosis through NYC into NJ & back cutting through the FDR, West Side Highway, Lincoln Tunnel & the George Washington Bridge. Any advice on how to train for this kind of thing. Or not. Sounds like you think I shouldn't do 100 miles. There's 30 & 60 miles but I'm probably to naive about races to consider the difference & how long it would take to train for something like this. What do you think?

rob · 07-25-2003, 09:24 PM

Wise, I guess I mis-understood what kind of ride this is. I was assuming you were going to "race" for 100 miles!

What kind of rides are you doing now?

I re-read your post and if you can do 30 miles comfortably, I'd bet you can do a 100.

The only problem I would encounter on a 100-mile ride would be getting real sore in the saddle.

-rob

CajunRider · 11-21-2003, 07:31 AM

If you can go 30 you can go 100. The only thing you need to learn in the next few weeks is how many calories and how much water you need to keep going and your calorie/water uptake rate while riding. Most people I know ride 30 miles without much food or water, then when they try to go farther, they don't know how much to eat or drink and either eat/drink too much and get sick or not enough and then boink at about the 75 mile mark.

For me on a 100 mile ride:
1/3 calories from glycogen reserve from high carbo meal eaten 3-4 hrs before the race, 1/3 calories from fat burn, and 1/3 calories from gel pack/gatorate during the first 80 miles. Last 20 miles I'll just drink gatorade, no more food. As for water, I'll drink enough to keep my weight loss to about 3 lbs for the 100 mile ride.

If the ride is part of a triathlon or brick, then I count 10% glycogen reserve, the rest is either fat burn or gelpack.