250 miles a day - for a month

[marciero]

Originally Posted by Nomadmax

Sounds like a great way to wind up with a pacemaker before the age of 55. To each their own.

If we are talking about the situation as detailed in, for example, Zinn's Haywire Heart, those cases were the cumulative result of sustained high intensity training over years, or at least it was conjectured. We are talking much lower intensities. I dont think there is evidence that this type of thing is connected with heart issues.

This is essentially an ultra randonneur event. Repeated 400ks. As gone suggests, for people who havent done one the idea of riding 250 miles is insane. But many of us dont even consider 400k or 600k brevets "extreme" events. Doing a month of those does, to me, attain the level of "extreme", but not in the same way as running 150 miles in the desert.

If we are gaging how extreme this is in terms of effort, a better basis for comparison for non-elite athletes might be hours in the saddle.

[meyatt]

I did six consecutive unsupported 200 mile days followed by a 330 mile day this summer with something like 52,000 feet of total elevation — it takes a lot out of you, but when doing this kind of endeavor you learn to pick a pace that is actually sustainable and it's a lot slower than you think it is.

This kind of distance was entirely unknown to me (I had done a 190 mile once with a group), but when you start training for it and you're comfortably knocking out 200-400k rides whenever you want, your definition of extreme really begins to change.

Lachlan has a lot of experience, his bike will be really dialed in for the trip and even something as simple as a comfortable set of aerobars make that kind of duration a lot more tolerable and efficient. It also makes a big difference he will be semi-supported during this ride.

These are somewhere between "competitive eating contest" and "adventure" rather than cycling.

[Permanent socks]

Day 1 completed.

303miles/ 485km, 7933 feet/2418m, 21.3 mph/ 34.1km/h

@AngryScientist, you still think this is easy? 😆

[AngryScientist]

Originally Posted by Permanent socks

@AngryScientist, you still think this is easy? 😆

Easier than identifying humor on the internet; apparently.

[Permanent socks]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

Easier than identifying humor on the internet; apparently.

Not a lot of back pedaling from Morton on his quest

Pretty hard to detect humor from what you wrote. I'd say everyone who read it laughed though... 😅

[Likes2ridefar]

Originally Posted by Baron Blubba

What’s the most time you’ve ridden in a day/week/month?
If I put in a 30 hour week, I’m gassed for a day or two (I average 20+ hours a week). Doing over 100 hours a week for a month straight? Devasting. That has to be a tremendous challenge, possibly a dangerous one, even for a cyclist of his calibre.

If you averaged 30 hours a week for a few years then I bet you wouldn’t be gassed. It took years for me to build up to a full time job (by avg. hours) on the bike but it sure was fun for a few years.

[PQJ]

You can follow this chap on Strava. His stats boggle my mere mortal mind. Just shy of 302 miles, at an average of 21.2mph, 14:13:57 moving time, 14:58:30 elapsed time. Mind boggling.

Some folks here are such a$$holes. Not naming names but I'm sure they know exactly who they are.

[OtayBW]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

Easier than identifying humor on the internet; apparently.

Sometimes you need to remove tongue from cheek to explain a joke....

[peanutgallery]

Compound fractures of the femur is a vision that has kept me far away from Ski Patrol. It takes an incredible individual

Originally Posted by p nut

I almost signed up for ski patrol many years ago, before I was married. Since I really enjoyed skiing, why not?. Then, I thought about the 4am roll call, having to deal with troublemakers, entitled kids and “adults,” and essentially taking up the entire weekend for the season… it would’ve taken the joy right out of skiing.

If I even attempted something like this, I’d probably end up selling off all of my bikes and never riding again.

[tv_vt]

Re: Day One - 21.3 mph average for 300 miles solo is totally nuts. That is amazing to me.

[fa63]

Looked at this Strava files just now. He doesn't share his power numbers, but the Strava algorithm estimated around 200 Watts average for the effort. To a pro cyclist, that is Zone 1 and 2 territory.

Originally Posted by tv_vt

Re: Day One - 21.3 mph average for 300 miles solo is totally nuts. That is amazing to me.

[Strain]

If you think that Mark Beaumont rode almost that daily average for damn near 3 months, not one, in 2017 during his "Cycling around the world in 80 days" challenge, all of a sudden this doesn't sound quite as impressive (I mean it still is!!!)

[peanutgallery]

Ever since the advent of the interwebs there's been an increasing number of professional exercisers. Sometimes I just don't see the point...as there are no other participants in this endeavor. So how do we know if it's a for real result? Someone may have already done it in like 1910

Too many fitness journeys

[charliedid]

Originally Posted by peanutgallery

Ever since the advent of the interwebs there's been an increasing number of professional exercisers. Sometimes I just don't see the point...as there are no other participants in this endeavor. So how do we know if it's a for real result? Someone may have already done it in like 1910

Too many fitness journeys

What's the right number of fitness journeys?

[KonaSS]

Originally Posted by peanutgallery

Ever since the advent of the interwebs there's been an increasing number of professional exercisers. Sometimes I just don't see the point...as there are no other participants in this endeavor. So how do we know if it's a for real result? Someone may have already done it in like 1910

Too many fitness journeys

If it doesn't interest you, don't follow. But the whole premise of an FKT is fastest KNOWN time.

And if you are only interested in racing, he did sorta win Unbound just a few months ago. Also won Tour of Utah and Tour of Gila among other professional achievements. So hope you weren't throwing the Professional exerciser/fitness journey slurs at Lachlan.