I've been trying to remember my training process for the 2006 RAGBRAI because I'm not entirely happy with the way my body is responding over the past week. I suppose you could make a good argument that it actually IS a good idea to document training, because I wish I remembered it better.
If I recall correctly, I wasn't riding as much as I am now (every day) and I wasn't doing rides as long as the ones I'm doing now. The difference may be that I remember starting training in 2006 in earnest in April and rode faithfully about four times per week all the way up to RAGBRAI. I haven't been nearly as faithful for that long.
I've done two 50+ rides during the past week or so and I'm not feeling very confident about how my body has handled it. When I did 56 miles the first time, I really didn't think I was going to make it the last three miles. I rode 16 miles the next day and that was enough. Yesterday I rode 56 miles again and felt a little better in the end. However, I went upstairs, got in the shower, and was suddenly overcome with nausea. I shut off the shower quick and laid down on the tile floor near the toilet. I never did throw up, but I thought for sure I was going to do it. I rode 21 miles today, mostly hills, and it was tough. I didn't want to ride today.
Soooo, I'm actually a little concerned about how my body is going to handle 500 miles in a week. I realize we won't be doing 65 miles at 18+mph straight through (at least I hope not), but I hope that my recovery goes quicker.
I'm sure I'll be fine since we intend to enjoy the ride a bit more this year, more breaks along the way, etc. Pork sandwiches and watermelon will help. I know I still need to be prepared to do a 1/4 mile sprint at 25+mph if Ed spots Lance. It would be cool if we could get a picture of the three of us with him, since he is obviously a long lost Baldwin brother!
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