Re: [RBW] San Francisco Randonneurs 200k ride report

['Eric Norris' via RBW Owners Bunch]

The “Lazy Randonneur” perfectly captures my current level of ambition.

--Eric Norris
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> On Feb 12, 2024, at 1:32 PM, Brady Smith  wrote:
> 
> Lazy randonneuring is smart randonneuring. I have no qualms about going to 
> the wall in a Zwift race every now and again, but if I'm out for 10-20 hours, 
> I'd better enjoy it. Congrats on your ride!
> 
> Brady in SLC
> 
> On Monday, February 12, 2024 at 1:48:34 PM UTC-7 chefd...@gmail.com wrote:
>> Meanwhile, I am such a lazy randonneur that I stayed home. Sounds like you 
>> had a great ride, where you got to meet all the predetermined goals.
>> 
>> On Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 11:12:09 PM UTC-8 ttoshi wrote:
>>> The Russian River 200k comes in at a little over 200k with 126 miles.  I 
>>> consider myself a lazy randonneur.  I prefer to train as little as 
>>> possible, while also trying to minimize the suffering on the event day as 
>>> much as possible.
>>> 
>>> I'm not unfit because I commute to work on my bike (Cheviot). During the 
>>> school year, I drop my daughter off at school, park the car nearby and ride 
>>> my bike to work and back to the car after work.  It's about 5 miles and 
>>> ~600 ft of elevation gain.  My base is therefore 40-50 miles a week (4-5 
>>> commute days) and two weekends I did a 15 mile loop from my house.  It's 
>>> enough training to finish the 126-miler, but I wanted to ride without 
>>> suffering unduly.
>>> 
>>> I drew on my experience:
>>> 
>>> 1. I know what my body likes to eat on long rides. 
>>> My go to recipe: rice bars-I think of it as an elevated spam musubi
>>> https://www.skratchlabs.com/blogs/recipes/dr-lims-bacon-and-egg-rice-cakes
>>> 
>>> I put in chicken apple sausage instead of bacon and skip the maple 
>>> sugar/brown syrup.  I wrap the rice/eggs/sausage in seaweed like a sushi 
>>> roll and plop it in a sandwich baggie.  I didn't have to stop for anything 
>>> yesterday except some water and a quick bathroom break.
>>> 
>>> 2. I know that with my base of fitness, I need to stay within a very narrow 
>>> range of effort.  If I put in too much effort, then my body won't be able 
>>> to recover.
>>> 
>>> --This means that I need to go slow out of the gate and not get caught up 
>>> in the excitement of the start, and I have to take it easy on the hills and 
>>> spin in my low gears.  If I follow this strategy, then I can maintain 
>>> energy until the end without struggling to the finish line.
>>> 
>>> (Conversely, a countless number of times, have I gone too hard at the start 
>>> and limped along to the end!)
>>> 
>>> It was a chilly start and forecast for 38 degrees, which on a steep 
>>> downhill is practically ski weather, so I put on my ski gloves on top of my 
>>> fingerless gloves to start the day off.
>>> 
>>> As expected, out of the gate it was fast.  I kept it slow.  I was riding 
>>> alone that day because my friend was just returning from Germany and was 
>>> jet lagged, so I went at my own pace.
>>> 
>>> Soon, I was the last one of the 60 or so riders and the only people I saw 
>>> were the late starters who were passing me. 
>>> 
>>> It was cold as expected, and it was also foggy with condensation on my 
>>> glasses, so visibility was poor for a while, but gradually the sun came out 
>>> and it was a beautiful day.  I met up with another Riv that day--a rider 
>>> with a beautiful A Homer Hilsen (I'm sorry I missed his name).  He caught a 
>>> nice picture as the sun started to come out and we had a beautiful view of 
>>> the rolling hills. 
>>> 
>>> I made my way through the grazing cows and worked through the Russian River 
>>> valley over to the coast where it was a really beautiful day.  We headed 
>>> back down the coast and then back to the start at San Rafael.
>>> 
>>> --In terms of time allowed for the ride, the minimum pace is roughly 10 
>>> miles per hour, including stops, giving about 12.6 hours to finish.
>>> 
>>> I exceeded my target goal of 10-11 hours and came in under 10 hours. I only 
>>> had 18 minutes of time stopped (a record low for me), including a couple of 
>>> construction 1-lane delays, so that helped me maintain a good time.
>>> 
>>> For the 300k, I'm going to add in some 28 mile training loops. I figure if 
>>> I go hard on the 28-milers, then it will be enough to finish modestly well 
>>> on the 300k. 
>>> 
>>> Until next time,
>>> Toshi in Oakland
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
> 
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[RBW] San Francisco Randonneurs 200k ride report

[Toshi Takeuchi]

The Russian River 200k comes in at a little over 200k with 126 miles.  I
consider myself a lazy randonneur.  I prefer to train as little as
possible, while also trying to minimize the suffering on the event day as
much as possible.

I'm not unfit because I commute to work on my bike (Cheviot). During the
school year, I drop my daughter off at school, park the car nearby and ride
my bike to work and back to the car after work.  It's about 5 miles and
~600 ft of elevation gain.  My base is therefore 40-50 miles a week (4-5
commute days) and two weekends I did a 15 mile loop from my house.  It's
enough training to finish the 126-miler, but I wanted to ride without
suffering unduly.

I drew on my experience:

1. I know what my body likes to eat on long rides.
My go to recipe: rice bars-I think of it as an elevated spam musubi
https://www.skratchlabs.com/blogs/recipes/dr-lims-bacon-and-egg-rice-cakes

I put in chicken apple sausage instead of bacon and skip the maple
sugar/brown syrup.  I wrap the rice/eggs/sausage in seaweed like a sushi
roll and plop it in a sandwich baggie.  I didn't have to stop for anything
yesterday except some water and a quick bathroom break.

2. I know that with my base of fitness, I need to stay within a very narrow
range of effort.  If I put in too much effort, then my body won't be able
to recover.

--This means that I need to go slow out of the gate and not get caught up
in the excitement of the start, and I have to take it easy on the hills and
spin in my low gears.  If I follow this strategy, then I can maintain
energy until the end without struggling to the finish line.

(Conversely, a countless number of times, have I gone too hard at the start
and limped along to the end!)

It was a chilly start and forecast for 38 degrees, which on a steep
downhill is practically ski weather, so I put on my ski gloves on top of my
fingerless gloves to start the day off.

As expected, out of the gate it was fast.  I kept it slow.  I was riding
alone that day because my friend was just returning from Germany and was
jet lagged, so I went at my own pace.

Soon, I was the last one of the 60 or so riders and the only people I saw
were the late starters who were passing me.

It was cold as expected, and it was also foggy with condensation on my
glasses, so visibility was poor for a while, but gradually the sun came out
and it was a beautiful day.  I met up with another Riv that day--a rider
with a beautiful A Homer Hilsen (I'm sorry I missed his name).  He caught a
nice picture as the sun started to come out and we had a beautiful view of
the rolling hills.

I made my way through the grazing cows and worked through the Russian River
valley over to the coast where it was a really beautiful day.  We headed
back down the coast and then back to the start at San Rafael.

--In terms of time allowed for the ride, the minimum pace is roughly 10
miles per hour, including stops, giving about 12.6 hours to finish.

I exceeded my target goal of 10-11 hours and came in under 10 hours. I only
had 18 minutes of time stopped (a record low for me), including a couple of
construction 1-lane delays, so that helped me maintain a good time.

For the 300k, I'm going to add in some 28 mile training loops. I figure if
I go hard on the 28-milers, then it will be enough to finish modestly well
on the 300k.

Until next time,
Toshi in Oakland

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