300miles in one day?

It's probably a week-long ride, so that doesn't sound out of reach. Get the name of the ride from your friend and look up the website to see daily ride mileage, terrain, etc.

300 miles in one day is doable - but it'll take some doing and would be a test of endurance and perseverance even for an experienced cyclist.

swampy1970 said:

300 miles in one day is doable - but it'll take some doing and would be a test of endurance and perseverance even for an experienced cyclist.

That's what i was thinking... ill just play it by ear. I'm thinking, if i can get up to 150 miles without having my legs fall off then ill give it some serious thought.

Pay attention to nutrition. Eat and hydrate often during the ride. If the pace is steady and there isn't a ton of climbing, your legs should hold up, but you'll be burning through a ton of calories and depleting your glycogen stores. If you don't stay on top of nutrition, you'll pay for it.

Are you sure it's 300 miles in ONE day? It's probably multiple days.

If it is one day, you don't have to join them. I wouldn't - where's the fun in that - you'll be riding all day and all night probably.

sixteenornumber said:

That's what i was thinking... ill just play it by ear. I'm thinking, if i can get up to 150 miles without having my legs fall off then ill give it some serious thought.

It's not quite that easy... but not far off.

Three of the biggest factors are fatigue, nutrition and pacing. All three are intertwined but the nutrition aspect does differ on longer endurance rides than regular sub 5 hour rides.

If the ride is relitavely flat, and I hope for your sake at that distance that it is, then fatigue in endurance rides can be split up into two parts - one from the effort itself and secondly from being in the same position on the bike for 15+ hours. The latter part you can mitigate by a good bike fitting, a well chosen saddle and some comfy bike clothing. The only way to find out if the position is good for you over this time frame is to ride a good 5+ hours in a similar environment (terrain and weather) to that you'll be facing in the ride itself.

Nutrition will be the trickiest for you to get completely right in the time frame that you have as you have the 'gamble' of finding something that works great at 2 hours and at 15 hours. I dig Hammer Perpetuem for long rides. It's a powder based drink that you can mix at either regular strength or as a concentrated drink that can provide 4 to 6 hours of carbohydrate and protein supplementation and isn't overly sweet. This way of mixing it works great in long rides where only water is available.

Pacing - a tough one to do correctly when alone, with a group it should be even more interesting. Are you riding all the distance together or is this a 'relay' ride? Pacing via heart rate is doable but can be tricky as heart rate tend to decline with increased tiredness but it will provide a good indicator to stop you from going too hard in the initial hours, which is where people tend to go too hard because it still feels too easy. If you have a rider with you that has lots of experience get them to set the pacing but don't be to shy to tell them to slow down if you're struggling to keep up. Pacing with a power meter is ideal - but if you don't have one then I wouldn't go out and blow that kind of money on one just to do the ride...

300 miles in a day? I would have a lot of body parts falling off.

Find new friends.

Real friends wouldn't let their friends ride 300 miles of flat roads...

300 miles is doable as others said especially since it's on flat land. Now would I want to do 300 miles in one day? NO!! why you bellow, because my **** would hurt so much I wouldn't be able to ride a bike for a month! The longest ride I ever did in one day was 158 miles from Bakersfield Ca to Santa Barbara Ca, this took me 13 hours due to the mountains route I had to take. And my **** was in pain just doing that, it took about a week to recover my poor skinny ****.

man just when i think i am doing something special i see this... 300 miles in one day [censored]... when can i feel special nowadays?

fordguru said:

man just when i think i am doing something special i see this... 300 miles in one day [censored]... when can i feel special nowadays?

When you do 300 miles in the mountains!

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