Clarification

I wanted to clarify my comment about the time it will take to complete the Jay Challenge. The point I'm trying to make is that we need to think a bit about how long this is going to take, and train in such a way that we get used to and are able to ride at an ok pace for a long period of time. My concern is that if we take a "just to finish" mindset then we won't have a good understanding of the pace we need to sustain to actually finish. Does that make any sense? Of course it doesn't hurt that this conversation seems to have kickstarted everyones training a bit- so that's a good thing. The challege we'll face is once we get to six or seven hours- the temptation will be to take longer breaks at the aid stations- and that could be the death of us. Another point- our amount our asses will hurt will be based on total number of hours So back to the time goal- nine hours isn't exactly race pace but it puts us within a few of hours of the top guys and on paper reads like a very reasonable pace- 8.5 hours of saddle time (7.5mph) and a half hour of total time in the aid stations.

So that's my theory. Yes it's just a theory and come race day it may be a very different story- we'll know soon enough! Oh and by the way- nine hours still puts us at the back of the pack (last year 74 finishers were under 9 hours)- so we're not exactly looking to set the world on fire!


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