Bleve wrote:
>
> Tamyka Bell wrote:
>
> > > Sounds possible. 240km on a MTB is a *very* long way. My very long
> > > ride experience is only 300km (Melb -> warrnambool RR), 10 hours. 24
> > > hours .. wow.
> >
> > Good. I got laughed at when I said I was setting an upper limit of a lap
> > an hour, and happy to do, say, 2 in 3 hours, which is still 160km.
>
> I usually work on a ratio of 2:1 road:mtb distances - this obviously
> depends on the terrain, but we've found that most MTB riding is roughly
> half the speed as road riding for the same percieved workload. So your
> 240km is very roughly equivalent to 480km on a roadbike in 24 hours.
> Do-able, but a significant challenge indeed offroad.
It's not my goal distance! It's my "Danger, you're doing too much too
early!" distance
> > Obviously there will be more laps during the day than at night.
> > Obviously it'll be really funny going so slow and being happy with it,
> > pacing myself. I know that even pushing through hard double laps in the
> > 6hr was off-putting and I was getting unco toward the end, so the key
> > will be lots of rest between laps.
>
> And eat. Eat early, eat often, eat non-stop. If you're riding in E1,
> you'll be chewing through around 700-1000kcal per hour at a guess. For
> 24 hours, that's a -lot- of food. I assume you have a carbo load
> program worked out? If not, consider this one :
>
> http://www.aboc.com.au/perl/tips.pl?p=carboload
I don't really do carbo loading. When I've tried carbo loading, I've
ended up feeling sick and bloated from it. I'm aiming for just enough
carbs to keep the fat burning nice and efficiently. And there's nothing
I like MORE than eating while exercising. Solids, too, as gels and stuff
turn my gut after a few hours.
> You mention that you can't eat bananas, can you eat banana bread? What
> other easily digested high energy (sugar!) stuff can you tolerate?
I can't handle too much sugar, and I don't think I'll want it. I never
want sugar after about the 4th hour. I get headaches from large sugar
intake anyway. Where sugars are concerned, I will be going for
maltodextrin based products and may even take a big bag of the stuff for
putting in drinks. I'll probably have cake or donuts. I don't have any
problems digesting fat while exercising so there'll be peanut butter
sandwiches, etc, too.
> > > It's not like running, where as long as you can keep your eyes open you
> > > can still shuffle, riding a bike on rough terrain is testing when 100%
> > > alert and awake. When you've been awake for 28 hours and riding for 20
> > > of them .. wow .. keen!
> >
> > You haven't done much trail running, have you ;-)
> > You shuffle, you fall.
>
> You can walk though, and even when dog-tired, halucinating and
> twitching, still make progress.
You haven't done much trail running, have you? ;-)
You hallucinate, you get lost. That's why we stop and get it together.
But yeah, that's why I'm planning a nap. Mostly to give the
concentration a rest. Good, not good? Ideas?
> > I'm actually thinking I might nap during the 24hr, when I can drink no
> > more coca cola.
>
> Heh, caffeine.... yes. Tricky to get the dosages right.
More is better, right?! Hehehehe.
Tam