How many centuries this year?

speedevil · #1 03-26-2018, 09:53 AM

How many of you are planning multiple centuries this year?

My best year I completed 6 centuries, but that was a couple of years ago. An out-of-state move and long work hours kept me off the bike for a while.

Planning to turn that around this year.

Maybe 3 or 4 this year? Considering the Storming of Thunder Ridge and Horsey Hundred for now.

ripvanrando · #2 03-26-2018, 09:54 AM

I usually try to do a ride longer than 100 miles no less frequently than every two weeks. Organized centuries? None.

ptourkin · #3 03-26-2018, 10:33 AM

For 2017 I did 11 rides between 100-200 miles, 2 rides between 200-300 miles and 2 rides over 300 miles (one was a 500 mile dnf.) That's a pretty normal year for me and I'll probably repeat that - hopefully not with a dnf.

Mzilliox · #4 03-26-2018, 10:44 AM

im hoping for more than 5 this season

AngryScientist · #5 03-26-2018, 10:46 AM

i have some nagging health issues that i need to get in check, so the season is off to a non-start for me. hopefully i can pull it together and start ramping up the miles soon.

kppolich · #6 03-26-2018, 10:48 AM

Just 1 for me in 2017 hoping for 5-6 in 2018

bicycletricycle · #7 03-26-2018, 10:50 AM

I discovered last year that my knee seems fine up to 80 or 90 miles but does not respond well to 120 miles.

I probably had 20 80-90 mile rides last year and I will do the same this year. I'm going to try to push through the 100 mark a few times carefully to see how it goes.

rccardr · #8 03-26-2018, 11:15 AM

I do 10 or 12 organized centuries each year and travel out of state to about half of them. Nice way to change things up and meet new people.

sandyrs · #9 03-26-2018, 11:22 AM

Probably not more than one or two, but lots of 60+ mile MTB rides (which take longer than a road century).

Edit: None of these are organized, didn't realize that was what the OP was talking about but organized centuries you have to pay for, drive to, and ride with a bunch of people you don't know are not my thing.

dbnm · #10 03-26-2018, 11:34 AM

I am hoping for 6 this year.

kramnnim · #11 03-26-2018, 12:10 PM

1 per week...most with a retired friend who normally rides 3 per week.

speedevil · #12 03-26-2018, 12:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ptourkin

For 2017 I did 11 rides between 100-200 miles, 2 rides between 200-300 miles and 2 rides over 300 miles (one was a 500 mile dnf.) That's a pretty normal year for me and I'll probably repeat that - hopefully not with a dnf.

Wow. I guess I'm still in the noob category then in comparison. But we all have other demands on our time, and not every spare minute is actually spare.

15 minutes here, 30 there, does not add up to enough time to ride a century. or sometimes even shorter rides to prepare. Then you factor in weather and the available riding time decreases again. DST is a factor too. I guess I'm going to have to get zwift up and running with my dumb kurt kinetic trainer. Maybe I can put some bad weather time to better use that way.

redir · #13 03-26-2018, 01:06 PM

I've done a few organized centuries and while I found them to be fun I also found them to be sketchy and I can just hop on my bike and go ride 100 miles for free anyway. Rode with the local college team last weekend on a ride I intended to bail out early on. Ended up riding 105 miles. So that's my first 'century' of the year

mhespenheide · #14 03-26-2018, 01:30 PM

How many centuries this year?

Pretty darn close to 1/100, I'd say.

(Apologies. Math humor, suitable only for myself and maybe 1-2 other people. Maybe.)

livingminimal · #15 03-26-2018, 01:40 PM

I get a bit bored after 4 hours on the bike. 70 mile rides feel like my sweet spot for distance.

If I get buck wild and decide to do more than 100, it wont be planned.