Two challenges for the Strava-thletes among us

[Mike Greiner]

Hi Riders,

I signed up for my first two Strava challenges:

• http://app.strava.com/challenges/bmc-79-mile-challenge
• http://app.strava.com/challenges/cannondale-oktoberfest-with-tim-johnson

Need all the help I can get to keep it rolling as the temps go down. Join in if you are so inclined...

Route suggestions for the 79-miler?

Mike

[Klaus Muehlbradt]

79 miles... could roll to Greeley. Or Estes. Or Boulder.

 

Not so sure about the 60 hours in 3 weeks.

Mike

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[Hal Hansen]

Not to bring up sad experiences but the thought entered my mind -  the Laramie Enduro course is 72.5 miles.

Hal

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From: Klaus Muehlbradt <kmue...@gmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 6:35 AM
Subject: Re: Two challenges for the Strava-thletes among us

[Klaus Muehlbradt]

Ok. So I am in this Strava challenge for about a week now. Key learnings:

1) Andy, the roadie pro we met in Moab is right. Doing hours of biking per day is tough work. Yep, the legs burn. But even tougher to bear is the sheer boredom. If you have to do time rather than reaching a destination, you get home trainer sickness on the road.

2) Road pros either have developed some awesome mental games - or intelligence is not a key requirement, maybe even a problem for road pros. After one week of mile/time scrubbing my brain goes numb as soon as I am on the bike. Must be a self defense mechanism.

3) Endorphins are awesome. I got a remark today that I am looking very happy. And yes, I was. Just walked away from 10min of Ping-Pong a d that was all it took to get my body produce an E-rush...

[Mike Weber]

A handful of us are doing a full moon ride tomorrow evening.  Planning on meeting at the dog park at Spring Canyon Park at 7 and looping Pineridge before heading up Maxwell and riding Shoreline.  Time permitting, we'll also loop Reservoir Ridge / Michaud.

Bring a light for emergencies or in case the moon is obscured by clouds, but don't plan on using it if the moon is out.

I believe some riders may be in costume, so feel free to dress up if you feel so inclined.  (Mike G, is your blue tux bike friendly?)

For those with Facebook, here is the event page:

http://www.facebook.com/events/412425182157507/

 

Mike Weber

Broker Associate
Keller Williams Realty of Northern Colorado
Fort Collins, Colorado
www.RedTeamKW.com

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[Klaus Muehlbradt]

Done. Over and finished. To make this happen I rode +3 hours every day, yes - every day, for 2 weeks. My typical commute was 21 miles (one way). A few days I went for a bit longer. Stuck in memory is commute home via Loveland - Mason (too fast, needed to add a town loop) and a weekend of two 5h rides.

So, 60h in 21 days can be done. However, it means doing nothing but working, biking and sleeping. It also means burning legs are continuous and the desire to do something else than biking is continuously increasing. Point in case: Mike and Wade drove me hard on Saturday's 20 mile loop. I did initiate a sprint back to the parking lot - for only one reason: a chance to go fishing for maybe an hour before dark. (Yes, I did catch some.)

[Mike Greiner]

Well done to Klaus on the 60 hour Strava challenge!

Now it's on to the next, the 79-mile challenge one-day ride in the 11/16 to 11/18 window:

http://app.strava.com/challenges/bmc-79-mile-challenge

Riders -- where are we going? If Saturday is the day, we're looking at a high in the mid-40s.

Ideas I've heard:

• ride to Boulder for a burger, roll home
• something similar with a Lyons route
• Pingree Park and back (see http://app.strava.com/activities/9575781 for a one-way)
• ride one-way to Nebraska (perhaps just over the border near Pine Bluffs, WY) and get evac'd back home (offering dinner or some other enticement to the driver)
• Jeff's brutal, largely offroad route + 10 (Man Route, will require lights)

Other ideas? Who's in?

Mike

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[Klaus Muehlbradt]

In! Of course.

[Hal Hansen]

I'm in.

Hal

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Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 5:34 PM

Subject: Re: Two challenges for the Strava-thletes among us

In! Of course.

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[Mike Greiner]

Here's a Boulder route (45 miles, one-way): http://goo.gl/maps/lfrj5

And a Strava activity search: http://goo.gl/0SqEc

There are lots of boxy loops from FC out east and then either north or south and back too.

Preference?

Mike

[jl]

You should ride out to Steve's bike shop in Greality (Roubaix).  Get some coffee at Margie's Java Joint, and then head back to Fort Collins via Milliken.

http://goo.gl/maps/AloKI

-Jeff