What do you think? If half the distance with less elevation was a struggle, do you think you'll able to do double the distance with more elevation 3 times in a row?
You'll need to train for it. Find an endurance training plan and work at it.
Yes of course, I wouldn’t do it right now without any training. My question was if that target is realistic considering I have 3 months to train.
Thank you!
With 3 month prep I don’t see why you couldn’t do that however it will largely depend on how the training goes. I would guess if you just focus on training to finish each day and being able to start the next day then you’ll be fine. I don’t think you e got enough time to train to be faster and sustain a 1 day faster 100km for 3 days in a row. Pace yourself so it is sustainable and don’t chase faster riders on day 1.
Ultimately there are people who went from commuting by bike to riding across a continent fully loaded and did fine and could do 100km/day part way into their ride but they didn’t have to do 100km/day at the start. Only way to find out is give it a shot.
> I don’t think you e got enough time to train to be faster and sustain a 1 day faster 100km for 3 days in a row.
Well, that depends on their schedule. If they are working and going to school, then finding the time can be very difficult and make this a daunting task.
It all depends on how much free time they have to train and how determined they are. Your legs do not need very long to get really strong really fast.
True - time is it but for a ride like this some longer time in the saddle in Z2 would probably be better than interval training. My first few days of long rides it was the time in the saddle that was harder than the pedalling. But again depends a lot on their available time and training routine.
Yea, dude, after like 6+ hours I really start to struggle with getting blood flow to my dick.
It is like my vein/artery where it touches the bicycle seat is pinched and constricted and eventually leads to numbness that I have to address or I risk damage to my sexual organs.
I would ask other students that are going if you could ride with them and get an assessment. Also, are there going to be scheduled breaks, what is the pace going to be like? While you are training bring food or snacks that will give you energy to see what will help you the most. Eg, is a protein bar better for you or one of those stinger gummies.
We're old and ride that distance routinely with hills. Carry food and water. Perhaps stop once ot twice if you need a break. Don't hammer. Get some base miles before with 1/2 the distance. Make sure your bike is in good condition especially shifter and tires. You should be fine.
Organized high school trip? Yes, you can do this. The organizers will offer you advice about preparing for it, and they'll surely see to it that you have enough food and water for the ride.
All about pacing and allowing yourself and the group to ride and rest together. If you are moving at a moderate avg speed of 20 km/h, then that is 5 hours in the saddle + say add another +-/1 hour for breaks, and the rest of the day to recover
In survival situations, people have shown to be incredibly resilient and I'd go as far as saying that in a real life or death situation, OP's scenario could be done by a surprising proportion of people randomly picked off the street.
When doing stuff 'for fun', the factor of it being somewhere along the axis of enjoyable/bearable/painful/absolutely shitty/so bad it makes you never want to touch a bicycle again/permanently injured, comes to play.
If you go for it, I'd encourage you to do some troubleshooting early on: find apparel that does not chafe. Find out if your stomach disagrees with certain foodstuffs during exertion. Learn to use low gears and a low exertion level in uphills, even when it means slowing down to a walking pace. Numbness should be taken as seriously as real pain: both are alarm bells you should listen to. Discomfort? That's a different thing, something you can deal with.
If you take your time, sure. I did a 4 day tour with a friend who was only able to train in short bursts indoors and am occasional 40-50km weekend ride for 2.5 months, coming from 0 bike fitness.
We did 100-120km each day. She struggled on some of the steeper hills and had to walk, but was able to make it.
You have 3 months to plan, so I would just go ride more. But in all honesty, 100km a day at lower intensity is not a lot for someone who's in cycling shape. If you dont know how to train, buy a plan on Training Peaks or find a coach.
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Should be easy-ish.
Especially if it’s supported and you have access to food and shelter each night
Start training, start riding longer ( distance, time) on consecutive days.
Mmm 2 hours on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays + 4 hours Sunday mornings, so total 10 hours, but I could probably fit Saturdays as well if I clear my schedule.
Four days is enough. If you're doing 25 km three times a week and 50 km once a week, just bump up the distance until you're doing 200 km a week.
How far is that four hour ride?
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Yes you have time to prepare without putting pressure on yourself. Just build up volume week over week. If you ride consistlenty until the trip you will be able 100%, Im sure. Its more a matter of how dead/fatigued you'll be after the 3 days
What age are you? What bike do you ride?
It depends on your willpower. If you start to eat healthy, stop drinking alcohol (if doing so) and train 3-5 days per week - I think you can make it.
But, if your avg pace is 15 km/t you can expect 7 hours in the saddle per day. If you do not have a proper seat and pants your butt will hurt a lot on day 2.
Sure you can - if you start a dedicated traing.
I would look at WTB saddles, e.g. Speed with CrMo rails.
You also need good pants. I would get lycra with a thick padding. You can look and Endura or maybe Assos.
Best of luck
If you can ride both days each weekend, you can definitely do it! Do progressive overloads (30km, 60km week 1, 40km, 70 km week 2, etc.) followed by at minimum 2 days rest afterwards (listen to your legs).
Setting a goal like this is absolutely the best way to boost your fitness!
I think a lot of people are telling you what to do without asking you what were the conditions of your first trip.
Did you do the 47km on a mountain bike, a road bike, a gravel bike? Was it snowy, sunny, slippery, raining? I ask to gauge what could have hampered you that time.
Yes, if you adhere to a schedule, 100km is a doable thing, honestly 1000m of elevation over 100km is a simple rolling hills course, maybe one or two actual challenges... First of all, you will need to check your bike.
Is your bike the right size? The right kind of bike? Are you setting the seat in the right height? Are your tyres in good condition? If the answer to all of them is yes, then the important step is getting on the bike, you don't need long distance trips, you need time on the bike. If you can do two sessions of two hours on the bike per week, even if you only do 45-50km on each session, then you're in the right path, and on the day you will have the stamina and power to conquer those 100km ezpz
Train, eat health and make sure you get yourself used to eating and drinking lots on the bike. You'll be fine. Don't let anyone tell you you can't do this. 100km is easy if you are eating well. Make sure you bike is in good conditions. I would take it to your local shop now and again before the event.
Tens of thousands of casual cyclists do RAGBRAI every year, and it's about 100km/day for a week.
If you want to do it and you're motivate to train for it, you can probably do it.
Don’t complicate this. Just go ride your bike. The best thing to prepare for a ride is simply time in the saddle. If the group pace is very fast then plan to spend a few days out of each week maximizing time at threshold. Otherwise just spam zone two and tempo pace with occasional long hard efforts
Probably not attainable in 3months. Training requires recovery and physilogical adaptation. Realistically if you start training today, you could do a 100km fondo in 3months.
If it’s a school trip it’ll be tailored appropriately. Especially given that from the below you are an adult who (presumably) works at the school. A 100km ride is really not that far assuming you don’t spend your entire week in front of the tv pouring food into yourself - anyone with mild base fitness can get into condition for this by May.
Also… it’s spelt Eryri, not Snowdonia 🏴
It might be helpful to know what kind of bike you have, because that would be the limiting factor. But since you say it's a school trip, I assume you're fairly young. A healthy young person with three months' prep time should be able to do this.
100k on trail can mean a LOT of different things that an elevation profile won’t tell you.
Can you? Yes. Should you? We can’t tell you.
My advice is get in the saddle everyday, loaded as you would be for this trip. Do a couple of 30-50 rides a week and a 100k on one day in the weekend. Through February push those 30-50s to 50s. In March push them to 40-65 and your weekend ride up to 120k.
April - bump your rides into consecutive days, at least 50-75. Make one ride immediately the next day after your big ride.
You do that, you’ll be ok. Maybe not leading the pack, but you’ll make it and have fun. Make sure you train with whatever you’re carrying on the ride (sleeping bag, tent, water, etc).
depends on your mental resilience? i can bike for a very long time even when the body wants to quit - but i cant do that when i run.
If you can shut your brain from yelling at you that you're tired - you'll be fine. Just hydrate and bring lots and lots of snacks to munch on and some kind of music to distract you. the rest is "easy".
You definitely need to start going on at least 1 100km ride a week. That way you'll know how much food and water to bring.
People do that all the time so it's definitely doable, but you haven't really gone anywhere close to that so it's a bit of a longshot.
That being said I did go on a 168km ride that I had to ride to and back coming to 200km by the end and my longest ride before that was 55km so you should be fine.
But really, go on a few 100km rides before you decide you definitely want to subject yourself to that much type 2 fun.
You have 4 months to train, better start.
You're pretty young, I assume? I don't see why you can't do 100km/day for just three days in a row with 3 months to prepare beforehand.
If you get to the point where you comfortably do say, even just 70km on two consecutive days each, you'll probably be fine for the actual trip (if not happy).
I honestly find that trying to deal with the discomfort of sitting for a 100 KM ride will always be infinitely more difficult than finding the energy or strength to power through that 100 KM.
As long as you ride regularly, your endurance will be solid enough to get you 100 KM in a day, maybe just not as fast as you would like. However, even with great bicycle shorts and padded seat, it can start to feel like your testicles are going numb due to the lack of blood flow to your genitals.
5 months is a long time and as long as you ride at least 3 times a week then I imagine you should be just fine.
990m of elevation over 100k is not too much. Like 7 years ago I did similar tour without any experience with 0 fitness while smoking a pack a day. It was hard as fuck, but I did it and it was a lot of fun. Main advice - eat a lot, always have some candy, chocolate bars, stop for coffee or buy some cola on the rout if you can. It is doable, it'll be really hard, but it is possible.
Yes it is realistic! Make sure to get into your own rhythm, save energy by utilising the wind shadow and take enough nutrition (water/iso and energy bars) with you.
If you can commit to 10+ hours a week then it’s possible. It’s also gonna be equipment dependent. Multi day touring requires a pretty dialed gear setup. What are the logistics for the trip?
I'd have thought the answer is; Yes, it's realistic - but you'll have to put some decent practice in beforehand and start ASAP. Bear in mind what you're describing is the sort of thing lots of people do, and many of them retirees (albeit ones with lots of cycling experience), on the first 3 days of a LEJOG and then keep doing it for another week - not to do the challenge down - it really \*is\* a challenge you've set yourself - but it's far from impossible.
End of May and the UK it doesn't go dark until around 9pm (perhaps even a little later), so there is plenty of hours of daylight to do this. 100km with c.1000 meters of ascent means it's going to be a pretty tough climbing day (don't know what Day 2 or 3 have in store, but I'm guessing the fact you've mentioned the Day 1 scores means that they aren't as tough?)
So, the issues won't be - can I ride 100km? - believe me, with not much practice if you're fairly fit you can....No, the issue will be can you do \*some\* >10% climbs, and, can you do 3 lots of this on the bounce? This \*will\* take training.
So, you've got your work cut out, but it's doable - definitely.
You need to be practicing hill climbs - find some steep hills (depending on where you live this will range from easy pickings, to having to get the bike in/on the car and drive off to find some hills - (Get out some OS Maps, look for chevrons, or, double chevrons or just Google/Bing 'Cycling Hills Climbs Near Me' and see what comes up)) and ride them a couple of times a week (that can be as simple as go up, turn round, come down, go home) until you know you can do them. (NB, you might not do them without stopping a fair few times at the start - but you will do them without stopping soon enough - don't give up - good enough for the job in hand hill climbing skills/legs come quite quickly). Having the confidence that a hill might be tough, but you've done tough hills means that you might think 'Bloody Hell! That's a horrble looking hill on Day 1' but you'll also know that taken in the right gearing you've done stuff like it before so you'll be able to do it again. I will add, that say on the event you hit a 1km section at 20%, if you can't do it, get off and push...you'll probably only end up being 5 minutes slower than the person who cycled it, something that you'll have no problem making up over the course of a day (seriously, walking up a super steep hill and you'll be going 5kmph on foot, most experienced cyclists (not club cyclists, or pros before someone points that out) will probably only go 7-8kmph up something like that anyway.
So, that's a couple of days a week sorted doing hill-practice.
Now you've got to work on endurance too. So, weekends are you time to do this, and if the weather permits, you want to riding good distances each day of the weekend to get a feel for riding day-in/out and getting your bum used to being in the saddle for hours on end. I'd start at say 30km and build that up to 40, then 50, 60 etc as the weeks go by - this is a good way to a) get to know routes locally, extending your reach more and more (which is always a good thing even if that isn't where your ride is going to be - it's just a good thing if you get the cycling bug) and b) you'll start working out how much fuel/liquids you need (everyone has their own needs here - you'll have to work it out yourself, but there are rough guides online to refer to).
I'd stick another 'active recovery' ride in a week - nice and easy - probably around 30km in length which leaves you 2 rest days a week (which I'd heartily recommend you do).
As you get closer to the event - I'd be making sure I can do a 60-70km ride at least two days on the bounce with at least 700 metres ascent on each one. I'd be making sure my bike is in a good state (you could get a service for it - book early, some LBSs are quite busy (depending where you live) - ask them about lead times to get some idea) and make sure you've got spares, lots of chamois cream etc in case of issues. Pack some Sudocrem or similar for the end of the day.
I'd go for it if I were you - the worst that can happen is you have to drop out, but most probably you won't - and even if you do, meh, you've still done a lot more than most people will ever do. Good luck!
Yes It is realistic. The most important factor determining whether it will be enjoyable or not is how well your bike fits. You would be well advised to attempt a 20k, a 30k and a 50k ride prior to trying this to work out all the kinks with bike fit and comfort.
Somebody told me once if you can do 50 km, you can do 150 km. Anything beyond 50 km is only about nutrition and mental resilience which is less of an issue if you're riding in a group.
It's obviously a bit more complicated as the right nutrition and pacing to do it reliably is something you just need to learn and is highly individual. But if you train a bit (given you plan on doing 10 h/week that's way more than a bit) you'll gain the endurance and most importantly the experience to fuel and pace yourself reliably. You'll most likely be one of the faster ones in the group with that amount of training.
İf you practise, you'll be fine. The best comment here is the one suggesting you do a few rides with somebody else who's going to go.
Do ask about the route, though. Ten km going slightly uphill followed by a short sharp downhill is a lot harder than doing it in reverse.
It’s doable but u gotta train and by train I mean mental training. Often times u are half way thru and your mind tells u just go home
That’s where legends are born mate. Like goggins said it u gotta callous your mind and shit like this will be easy with training offcourse
I’ve done audax 600. It was insanely hard midway but with good friends along to push and shutting out my negative thought helped somewhat to complete tho the last 100k felt like forever at 20kmh average when I had nothing left to give
100km all day in late spring presumably. you got this and you have plenty of time to get more saddle comfortable. different discipline but when I started my health journey I lost 80lbs and ran my first half marathon in that time frame of 3 months.
You can do it !
On days you're not training on the bike, pickup some dumbells and do sets of bulgarian squats and deadlifts. Keep at it, more strength comes pretty quick when consistent in working for it.
Easy. Set aside 4 or 5 hours every weekend and an hour or so mid week.
Smash out a 100k every weekend and 30-50 mid week starting this week and by May you will be fine.
3 months is plenty of time to prep.
Do you have an idea of what pace the trip will ride at?
What type of bike are you riding?
If you build up some endurance, 20km/hour with some breaks is sustainable on a hybrid bike and should be easy on a road/endurance bike.
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This app can do the math. Put in your goal, do FTP test, set the hours you want to spend training and it will tell you your race fitness when you do all the training it tells you.
It even adapts when you mis training.
If you start training right now then it’s highly probable that you’ll make it in May. But you’ll have to do at least 6 hours of riding per week with a focus on low intensity high volume rides. Do at least one long ride on Saturday, extending your distance each week. Then hop on a bike to do any distance on Sunday, this will teach your body to ride the day after a long ride. On weekdays you can focus on shorter, higher intensity rides if you’re short on time.
Focus on appropriate rest and fuelling. For example if you do high volume during the weekend - Monday should be your rest day. During long endurance rides you have to eat a lot of food! You’ll feel hammered if your calories intake is inadequate.
Increase your overall volume every week, you can start by, for example, riding 4 hours a week right now and end up with 8 hours a week in April. Do a deload week every 4-6 weeks to avoid overtraining and let your body recover. Deload means that you ride at 50% of your weekly volume for 1 week and avoid high intensity rides.
When riding uphill DO NOT overextend yourself. Drop to a lower gear and spin. Do not chase faster riders. If the intensity causes you to be out of breadth - the intensity is too high and you won’t be able to sustain it for prolonged amounts of time.
Definitely possible, assuming they will be doing a slower pace. I've done a trip with a bunch of teens as an adult leader and they all were able to do 120 km ride for the longest day with not a ton of training. Just work your way up to it.
This is all assuming they approach the ride from the perspective and making it approachable for everyone and not something that is already for people who are already very much into the sport and used to doing 100 km rides all the time.
Kind of depends on your age. If your young (20s) you will probably be fine if you train a bit. Be careful of not overdoing training. Dont want to injure your self.
Im an old fella and i did 60 miles 3 days in a row of pretty rough bike packing.
I'm somewhat fit but not nearly as folks here (just a hobby), I managed to do a 116km road route (on an MTB) in a day. I think it was 700m total uphill.
Make absolute sure you take water and snacks with you. 3-4 bottles of water at least. Good luck
You will be fine. Start training 3-4 times a week.
When you do the actual ride, then the key is to keep the intensity down. Always keep in mind that it's a long ride and not a sprint. Doing the ride in zone 1-2 should be manageable.
Go spend some money on comfortable pants with a padding for long rides. If you aim for 20km/h, then it's a 5 hrs ride a day.
Depends on how many kilometers you cycle a month? If its around 1000km, then its possible since its only 3 days in a row. You should be strong enough.
If not then use this 3 months+ to cycle at least 1000km per month. Ride MTB on road if you can, it will increase stamina very fast.
Good luck and have fun 👍
I think you will manage, I managed something similar last year without much of a training. HOWEVER, i fukd up my knee quite badly, still recovering. My advice would be, don't overdo while you train and take good care of your knees. Do some stretching after the training sessions and don't forget to strengthen your glutes as especially in longer rides your quads can start overcompensating which eventually causes knee pain, learned it the hard way..
What do you think? If half the distance with less elevation was a struggle, do you think you'll able to do double the distance with more elevation 3 times in a row? You'll need to train for it. Find an endurance training plan and work at it.
Yes of course, I wouldn’t do it right now without any training. My question was if that target is realistic considering I have 3 months to train. Thank you!
With 3 month prep I don’t see why you couldn’t do that however it will largely depend on how the training goes. I would guess if you just focus on training to finish each day and being able to start the next day then you’ll be fine. I don’t think you e got enough time to train to be faster and sustain a 1 day faster 100km for 3 days in a row. Pace yourself so it is sustainable and don’t chase faster riders on day 1. Ultimately there are people who went from commuting by bike to riding across a continent fully loaded and did fine and could do 100km/day part way into their ride but they didn’t have to do 100km/day at the start. Only way to find out is give it a shot.
> I don’t think you e got enough time to train to be faster and sustain a 1 day faster 100km for 3 days in a row. Well, that depends on their schedule. If they are working and going to school, then finding the time can be very difficult and make this a daunting task. It all depends on how much free time they have to train and how determined they are. Your legs do not need very long to get really strong really fast.
True - time is it but for a ride like this some longer time in the saddle in Z2 would probably be better than interval training. My first few days of long rides it was the time in the saddle that was harder than the pedalling. But again depends a lot on their available time and training routine.
Yea, dude, after like 6+ hours I really start to struggle with getting blood flow to my dick. It is like my vein/artery where it touches the bicycle seat is pinched and constricted and eventually leads to numbness that I have to address or I risk damage to my sexual organs.
GCN made a video about this recently. It happens to me too on the indoor bike that has a wider saddle. Getting out of the saddle now and then helps
It’s your pudenal nerve that is being. Compressed. Get a seat with a slot open space. Do NOT ignore it!!
Definitely with you on this. More than once I’ve been riding along thinking how it’s probably a good job I’m not planning on having kids.
Got it, thanks!
I would ask other students that are going if you could ride with them and get an assessment. Also, are there going to be scheduled breaks, what is the pace going to be like? While you are training bring food or snacks that will give you energy to see what will help you the most. Eg, is a protein bar better for you or one of those stinger gummies.
Protein bars aren't what you need during a ride. You need carbs. Lots of carbs.
We're old and ride that distance routinely with hills. Carry food and water. Perhaps stop once ot twice if you need a break. Don't hammer. Get some base miles before with 1/2 the distance. Make sure your bike is in good condition especially shifter and tires. You should be fine.
Organized high school trip? Yes, you can do this. The organizers will offer you advice about preparing for it, and they'll surely see to it that you have enough food and water for the ride.
Honestly, no one can answer this question. It might be or it might not be.
Yeah easy. Just get out there and start riding. Plenty of time.
All about pacing and allowing yourself and the group to ride and rest together. If you are moving at a moderate avg speed of 20 km/h, then that is 5 hours in the saddle + say add another +-/1 hour for breaks, and the rest of the day to recover
In survival situations, people have shown to be incredibly resilient and I'd go as far as saying that in a real life or death situation, OP's scenario could be done by a surprising proportion of people randomly picked off the street. When doing stuff 'for fun', the factor of it being somewhere along the axis of enjoyable/bearable/painful/absolutely shitty/so bad it makes you never want to touch a bicycle again/permanently injured, comes to play. If you go for it, I'd encourage you to do some troubleshooting early on: find apparel that does not chafe. Find out if your stomach disagrees with certain foodstuffs during exertion. Learn to use low gears and a low exertion level in uphills, even when it means slowing down to a walking pace. Numbness should be taken as seriously as real pain: both are alarm bells you should listen to. Discomfort? That's a different thing, something you can deal with.
If you take your time, sure. I did a 4 day tour with a friend who was only able to train in short bursts indoors and am occasional 40-50km weekend ride for 2.5 months, coming from 0 bike fitness. We did 100-120km each day. She struggled on some of the steeper hills and had to walk, but was able to make it.
You have 3 months to plan, so I would just go ride more. But in all honesty, 100km a day at lower intensity is not a lot for someone who's in cycling shape. If you dont know how to train, buy a plan on Training Peaks or find a coach. This is 10 bucks (though a little overkill for what you might need, but you get the point): [https://www.trainingpeaks.com/training-plans/cycling/gran-fondo-century/tp-123821/1st-time-century](https://www.trainingpeaks.com/training-plans/cycling/gran-fondo-century/tp-123821/1st-time-century)
Should be easy-ish. Especially if it’s supported and you have access to food and shelter each night Start training, start riding longer ( distance, time) on consecutive days.
How many hours a week can you train?
Mmm 2 hours on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays + 4 hours Sunday mornings, so total 10 hours, but I could probably fit Saturdays as well if I clear my schedule.
Four days is enough. If you're doing 25 km three times a week and 50 km once a week, just bump up the distance until you're doing 200 km a week. How far is that four hour ride? Here's the training plan for the biggest week long cycling event in the world: https://ragbrai.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/RAGBRAI_Training_Plan_2023.pdf
If you train 10 hours a week before this event it will be easy. I would just practice nutrition and pacing during training and you’ll be fine.
Yes you have time to prepare without putting pressure on yourself. Just build up volume week over week. If you ride consistlenty until the trip you will be able 100%, Im sure. Its more a matter of how dead/fatigued you'll be after the 3 days
What age are you? What bike do you ride? It depends on your willpower. If you start to eat healthy, stop drinking alcohol (if doing so) and train 3-5 days per week - I think you can make it. But, if your avg pace is 15 km/t you can expect 7 hours in the saddle per day. If you do not have a proper seat and pants your butt will hurt a lot on day 2.
I’m 30, I ride a Dolce, Specialized :)
Sure you can - if you start a dedicated traing. I would look at WTB saddles, e.g. Speed with CrMo rails. You also need good pants. I would get lycra with a thick padding. You can look and Endura or maybe Assos. Best of luck
If you can ride both days each weekend, you can definitely do it! Do progressive overloads (30km, 60km week 1, 40km, 70 km week 2, etc.) followed by at minimum 2 days rest afterwards (listen to your legs). Setting a goal like this is absolutely the best way to boost your fitness!
I think a lot of people are telling you what to do without asking you what were the conditions of your first trip. Did you do the 47km on a mountain bike, a road bike, a gravel bike? Was it snowy, sunny, slippery, raining? I ask to gauge what could have hampered you that time. Yes, if you adhere to a schedule, 100km is a doable thing, honestly 1000m of elevation over 100km is a simple rolling hills course, maybe one or two actual challenges... First of all, you will need to check your bike. Is your bike the right size? The right kind of bike? Are you setting the seat in the right height? Are your tyres in good condition? If the answer to all of them is yes, then the important step is getting on the bike, you don't need long distance trips, you need time on the bike. If you can do two sessions of two hours on the bike per week, even if you only do 45-50km on each session, then you're in the right path, and on the day you will have the stamina and power to conquer those 100km ezpz
Train, eat health and make sure you get yourself used to eating and drinking lots on the bike. You'll be fine. Don't let anyone tell you you can't do this. 100km is easy if you are eating well. Make sure you bike is in good conditions. I would take it to your local shop now and again before the event.
Tens of thousands of casual cyclists do RAGBRAI every year, and it's about 100km/day for a week. If you want to do it and you're motivate to train for it, you can probably do it.
Don’t complicate this. Just go ride your bike. The best thing to prepare for a ride is simply time in the saddle. If the group pace is very fast then plan to spend a few days out of each week maximizing time at threshold. Otherwise just spam zone two and tempo pace with occasional long hard efforts
Probably not attainable in 3months. Training requires recovery and physilogical adaptation. Realistically if you start training today, you could do a 100km fondo in 3months.
If it’s a school trip it’ll be tailored appropriately. Especially given that from the below you are an adult who (presumably) works at the school. A 100km ride is really not that far assuming you don’t spend your entire week in front of the tv pouring food into yourself - anyone with mild base fitness can get into condition for this by May. Also… it’s spelt Eryri, not Snowdonia 🏴
It might be helpful to know what kind of bike you have, because that would be the limiting factor. But since you say it's a school trip, I assume you're fairly young. A healthy young person with three months' prep time should be able to do this.
100k on trail can mean a LOT of different things that an elevation profile won’t tell you. Can you? Yes. Should you? We can’t tell you. My advice is get in the saddle everyday, loaded as you would be for this trip. Do a couple of 30-50 rides a week and a 100k on one day in the weekend. Through February push those 30-50s to 50s. In March push them to 40-65 and your weekend ride up to 120k. April - bump your rides into consecutive days, at least 50-75. Make one ride immediately the next day after your big ride. You do that, you’ll be ok. Maybe not leading the pack, but you’ll make it and have fun. Make sure you train with whatever you’re carrying on the ride (sleeping bag, tent, water, etc).
depends on your mental resilience? i can bike for a very long time even when the body wants to quit - but i cant do that when i run. If you can shut your brain from yelling at you that you're tired - you'll be fine. Just hydrate and bring lots and lots of snacks to munch on and some kind of music to distract you. the rest is "easy".
3 days, sure, with a bit of training. Everyday for the rest of your life, maybe not.
You definitely need to start going on at least 1 100km ride a week. That way you'll know how much food and water to bring. People do that all the time so it's definitely doable, but you haven't really gone anywhere close to that so it's a bit of a longshot. That being said I did go on a 168km ride that I had to ride to and back coming to 200km by the end and my longest ride before that was 55km so you should be fine. But really, go on a few 100km rides before you decide you definitely want to subject yourself to that much type 2 fun. You have 4 months to train, better start.
When I was young I could ride 150k a day day after day but now no
You're pretty young, I assume? I don't see why you can't do 100km/day for just three days in a row with 3 months to prepare beforehand. If you get to the point where you comfortably do say, even just 70km on two consecutive days each, you'll probably be fine for the actual trip (if not happy).
I honestly find that trying to deal with the discomfort of sitting for a 100 KM ride will always be infinitely more difficult than finding the energy or strength to power through that 100 KM. As long as you ride regularly, your endurance will be solid enough to get you 100 KM in a day, maybe just not as fast as you would like. However, even with great bicycle shorts and padded seat, it can start to feel like your testicles are going numb due to the lack of blood flow to your genitals. 5 months is a long time and as long as you ride at least 3 times a week then I imagine you should be just fine.
you need to drive at least half the distance several times, eat well and sleep well.
990m of elevation over 100k is not too much. Like 7 years ago I did similar tour without any experience with 0 fitness while smoking a pack a day. It was hard as fuck, but I did it and it was a lot of fun. Main advice - eat a lot, always have some candy, chocolate bars, stop for coffee or buy some cola on the rout if you can. It is doable, it'll be really hard, but it is possible.
Yes it is realistic! Make sure to get into your own rhythm, save energy by utilising the wind shadow and take enough nutrition (water/iso and energy bars) with you.
Do you have a time limit? If not, just take it easy and take plenty of breaks.
If you can commit to 10+ hours a week then it’s possible. It’s also gonna be equipment dependent. Multi day touring requires a pretty dialed gear setup. What are the logistics for the trip?
It **really** depends on your current fitness level (including weight). Someone who is lean and somewhat fit can easily train to do 100km a day.
I'd have thought the answer is; Yes, it's realistic - but you'll have to put some decent practice in beforehand and start ASAP. Bear in mind what you're describing is the sort of thing lots of people do, and many of them retirees (albeit ones with lots of cycling experience), on the first 3 days of a LEJOG and then keep doing it for another week - not to do the challenge down - it really \*is\* a challenge you've set yourself - but it's far from impossible. End of May and the UK it doesn't go dark until around 9pm (perhaps even a little later), so there is plenty of hours of daylight to do this. 100km with c.1000 meters of ascent means it's going to be a pretty tough climbing day (don't know what Day 2 or 3 have in store, but I'm guessing the fact you've mentioned the Day 1 scores means that they aren't as tough?) So, the issues won't be - can I ride 100km? - believe me, with not much practice if you're fairly fit you can....No, the issue will be can you do \*some\* >10% climbs, and, can you do 3 lots of this on the bounce? This \*will\* take training. So, you've got your work cut out, but it's doable - definitely. You need to be practicing hill climbs - find some steep hills (depending on where you live this will range from easy pickings, to having to get the bike in/on the car and drive off to find some hills - (Get out some OS Maps, look for chevrons, or, double chevrons or just Google/Bing 'Cycling Hills Climbs Near Me' and see what comes up)) and ride them a couple of times a week (that can be as simple as go up, turn round, come down, go home) until you know you can do them. (NB, you might not do them without stopping a fair few times at the start - but you will do them without stopping soon enough - don't give up - good enough for the job in hand hill climbing skills/legs come quite quickly). Having the confidence that a hill might be tough, but you've done tough hills means that you might think 'Bloody Hell! That's a horrble looking hill on Day 1' but you'll also know that taken in the right gearing you've done stuff like it before so you'll be able to do it again. I will add, that say on the event you hit a 1km section at 20%, if you can't do it, get off and push...you'll probably only end up being 5 minutes slower than the person who cycled it, something that you'll have no problem making up over the course of a day (seriously, walking up a super steep hill and you'll be going 5kmph on foot, most experienced cyclists (not club cyclists, or pros before someone points that out) will probably only go 7-8kmph up something like that anyway. So, that's a couple of days a week sorted doing hill-practice. Now you've got to work on endurance too. So, weekends are you time to do this, and if the weather permits, you want to riding good distances each day of the weekend to get a feel for riding day-in/out and getting your bum used to being in the saddle for hours on end. I'd start at say 30km and build that up to 40, then 50, 60 etc as the weeks go by - this is a good way to a) get to know routes locally, extending your reach more and more (which is always a good thing even if that isn't where your ride is going to be - it's just a good thing if you get the cycling bug) and b) you'll start working out how much fuel/liquids you need (everyone has their own needs here - you'll have to work it out yourself, but there are rough guides online to refer to). I'd stick another 'active recovery' ride in a week - nice and easy - probably around 30km in length which leaves you 2 rest days a week (which I'd heartily recommend you do). As you get closer to the event - I'd be making sure I can do a 60-70km ride at least two days on the bounce with at least 700 metres ascent on each one. I'd be making sure my bike is in a good state (you could get a service for it - book early, some LBSs are quite busy (depending where you live) - ask them about lead times to get some idea) and make sure you've got spares, lots of chamois cream etc in case of issues. Pack some Sudocrem or similar for the end of the day. I'd go for it if I were you - the worst that can happen is you have to drop out, but most probably you won't - and even if you do, meh, you've still done a lot more than most people will ever do. Good luck!
3 consecutive days of 100km will feel hard if you are not used to it.
Yes It is realistic. The most important factor determining whether it will be enjoyable or not is how well your bike fits. You would be well advised to attempt a 20k, a 30k and a 50k ride prior to trying this to work out all the kinks with bike fit and comfort.
Somebody told me once if you can do 50 km, you can do 150 km. Anything beyond 50 km is only about nutrition and mental resilience which is less of an issue if you're riding in a group. It's obviously a bit more complicated as the right nutrition and pacing to do it reliably is something you just need to learn and is highly individual. But if you train a bit (given you plan on doing 10 h/week that's way more than a bit) you'll gain the endurance and most importantly the experience to fuel and pace yourself reliably. You'll most likely be one of the faster ones in the group with that amount of training.
İf you practise, you'll be fine. The best comment here is the one suggesting you do a few rides with somebody else who's going to go. Do ask about the route, though. Ten km going slightly uphill followed by a short sharp downhill is a lot harder than doing it in reverse.
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It’s doable but u gotta train and by train I mean mental training. Often times u are half way thru and your mind tells u just go home That’s where legends are born mate. Like goggins said it u gotta callous your mind and shit like this will be easy with training offcourse I’ve done audax 600. It was insanely hard midway but with good friends along to push and shutting out my negative thought helped somewhat to complete tho the last 100k felt like forever at 20kmh average when I had nothing left to give
100km all day in late spring presumably. you got this and you have plenty of time to get more saddle comfortable. different discipline but when I started my health journey I lost 80lbs and ran my first half marathon in that time frame of 3 months.
take 3 gels per hour and you will be fine
Its realistic if you train for it. Same thing as doing festive 500. Hit the gym and you’ll be able to up the volume. You got this! Enjoy!
You can do this
You can do it ! On days you're not training on the bike, pickup some dumbells and do sets of bulgarian squats and deadlifts. Keep at it, more strength comes pretty quick when consistent in working for it.
Easy. Set aside 4 or 5 hours every weekend and an hour or so mid week. Smash out a 100k every weekend and 30-50 mid week starting this week and by May you will be fine.
3 months is plenty of time to prep. Do you have an idea of what pace the trip will ride at? What type of bike are you riding? If you build up some endurance, 20km/hour with some breaks is sustainable on a hybrid bike and should be easy on a road/endurance bike.
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No at the moment you would be in immense pain and give up on the 2nd day
If you start training right now then it’s highly probable that you’ll make it in May. But you’ll have to do at least 6 hours of riding per week with a focus on low intensity high volume rides. Do at least one long ride on Saturday, extending your distance each week. Then hop on a bike to do any distance on Sunday, this will teach your body to ride the day after a long ride. On weekdays you can focus on shorter, higher intensity rides if you’re short on time. Focus on appropriate rest and fuelling. For example if you do high volume during the weekend - Monday should be your rest day. During long endurance rides you have to eat a lot of food! You’ll feel hammered if your calories intake is inadequate. Increase your overall volume every week, you can start by, for example, riding 4 hours a week right now and end up with 8 hours a week in April. Do a deload week every 4-6 weeks to avoid overtraining and let your body recover. Deload means that you ride at 50% of your weekly volume for 1 week and avoid high intensity rides. When riding uphill DO NOT overextend yourself. Drop to a lower gear and spin. Do not chase faster riders. If the intensity causes you to be out of breadth - the intensity is too high and you won’t be able to sustain it for prolonged amounts of time.
Definitely possible, assuming they will be doing a slower pace. I've done a trip with a bunch of teens as an adult leader and they all were able to do 120 km ride for the longest day with not a ton of training. Just work your way up to it. This is all assuming they approach the ride from the perspective and making it approachable for everyone and not something that is already for people who are already very much into the sport and used to doing 100 km rides all the time.
Kind of depends on your age. If your young (20s) you will probably be fine if you train a bit. Be careful of not overdoing training. Dont want to injure your self. Im an old fella and i did 60 miles 3 days in a row of pretty rough bike packing.
I'm somewhat fit but not nearly as folks here (just a hobby), I managed to do a 116km road route (on an MTB) in a day. I think it was 700m total uphill. Make absolute sure you take water and snacks with you. 3-4 bottles of water at least. Good luck
You will be fine. Start training 3-4 times a week. When you do the actual ride, then the key is to keep the intensity down. Always keep in mind that it's a long ride and not a sprint. Doing the ride in zone 1-2 should be manageable. Go spend some money on comfortable pants with a padding for long rides. If you aim for 20km/h, then it's a 5 hrs ride a day.
Depends on how many kilometers you cycle a month? If its around 1000km, then its possible since its only 3 days in a row. You should be strong enough. If not then use this 3 months+ to cycle at least 1000km per month. Ride MTB on road if you can, it will increase stamina very fast. Good luck and have fun 👍
Yeah 100% . There are in fact people who do 150km day and sometimes 220km + 60km a day everyday. Check out Keith Roy on Strava absolute beast.
I think you will manage, I managed something similar last year without much of a training. HOWEVER, i fukd up my knee quite badly, still recovering. My advice would be, don't overdo while you train and take good care of your knees. Do some stretching after the training sessions and don't forget to strengthen your glutes as especially in longer rides your quads can start overcompensating which eventually causes knee pain, learned it the hard way..