Baza Posted September 19, 2007 Share Hi All, Looking for a quick training guide to doing the Double Century. I have started doing the 30 to 45 minute spinning class to just get back into cycling but still got a long way to go before being able to do the Double Century. Going to try and do a 50 k cycle over the weekend. But i was wondering what the best training guide would be to get ready in time for a eight hour double century. Crazy idea. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted September 19, 2007 Share o m w . . . you got the Crazy part right hahahahaha, good luck Baza! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerFace Posted September 19, 2007 Share 2 months before the DC and you have only done spinning classes?! Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racman Posted September 19, 2007 Share and you are going to TRY and do 50k this weekend !!! Keep us posted on the training and if it works. My suggestion - lots and lots of EPO!!!! Ok That was a joke my "braza" - drugs are VERY bad for you racman2007-09-19 05:27:46 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fandacious Posted September 19, 2007 Share Actually... those kinda drugs arent bad for you at all... they're very good for you. So good that you get an unfair advantage. THATS why they're banned... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbp2007 Posted September 19, 2007 Share One of our riders a couple of years ago did only spinning as training, plus one long ride over the course of a weekend (N1 city - Worcester - back). He completed the DC. And I'm talking Ceres. On a borrowed bike. With a 42x23T low gear. And ancient 700 x 20 tyres. And DT shifters.OK, we were last. And it took 11 and a half hours. But he finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City Cycling Athletic Club Posted September 19, 2007 Share ride , ride & ride some more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Zone Posted September 19, 2007 Share my feeling is that you need to be able to ride 150 km over a hilly course - 4 passes for eg - pretty comfortably if you are to be ready for the DC. You should only increase your distance by 10 % each week, so if you start off with a 50 km ride this weekend you will only be up to about 110 km in 8 weeks. therefore not enough. THe DC is no walk in the park, my advise - skip it this year. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainDura Posted September 19, 2007 Share There was an excellent 10 week program on Bicycling website to complete a fast century about 3 months ago. Look for that program and start either at the 3rd week seeing theres only 8 weeks left. Good Luck. heres some links to those training programs.Although these links are for 100Miles and not 100Km's the principle is still the same. preparing for your First Centuryhttp://www.bicycling.com/article/0,6610,s1-4-41-324-1,00.html Fast Centuryhttp://www.bicycling.com/article/1,6610,s1-4-41-16114-1,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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