jj <[email hidden]> wrote:
:> On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 09:59:21 -0400, "Roger Zoul"
:> <[email hidden]> wrote:
:>
:> >::: Well, they changed things up a bit...I'm going no matter what,
:> >::: though.
:> >:::
:> >::: http://www.charlestoncyclefest.org/index.html
:> >::
:> >:: Well that's 450 miles from the beach...not sure I could talk him
:> >:: into driving that far, but I'll ask.
:> >::
:> >:: Where did you stay last year, or did you camp?
:> >
:> >I stayed in one of the hotels they listed on the site last year.
:> >Pam_in_sc camped with her family (actually, I think the rented a
:> >cabin of some type). We met up at the mass start location and did
:> >the ride together.
:> >
:> >I may attempt the back-to-back centuries on Sat/Sun. I'll get down
:> >there on Friday evening. It's about 215 miles for me.
:> >
:> >
:>
:> Have you looked through this book?:
:>
:> "The Complete Book of Long-Distance Cycling : Build the Strength,
:> Skills, and Confidence to Ride as Far as You Want" by Edmund R.
:> Burke, Ed Pavelka
I got that one...read it last summer. I doubt if I'll be able to do both
centuries, though, as I have my gf along and will need to spend a day with
her.
:>
:> Suggested by Gary, it gives a table of suggested training for 50,
:> 100 and 200 mile rides (and also advice for ultras). I'm ordering it
:> today from Amazon, along with the new one out by Coyle:
:>
:> "Lance Armstrong's War : One Man's Battle Against Fate, Fame, Love,
:> Death, Scandal, and a Few Other Rivals on the Road to the Tour de
:> France"
:> by Daniel Coyle
:>
:> I browsed both today in B&N and they look like a great reads!
:>
:> Even explains the incident on Brasstown Bald (if you read between
:> the lines a bit) - there's a chapter on Floyd Landis.... ;-D
Eww...sounds like a good read...I'll put that one on my wishlist.
:>
:> Between those two and my father's day gife (Cycling Past 50) I've
:> got my summer reading all planned out!
I've got Cycling Past 50, too! 🙂
:>
:> I hope you'll train sensibly for such an attempt. Don't want you to
:> hurt yourself, though I'm sure you have the physical and mental
:> chops to do it.
I enjoy cycling too much to purposely get hurt. If it got to be too much,
I'd just catch the sag wagon! 🙂
