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General Discussion / Planning Trip / Intro
« on: March 16, 2018, 07:46:26 pm »
Hello folks. I'm in IT and ride to get my exercise in since my job often involves a lot of sitting. I've been riding casually for several years, with rides averaging 10-15 miles. Now and then we'll do a 20 mile ride; maybe 3-5 a year.
This is the first time I've joined an advocacy group, and it took some time but finally decided to pick ACA over LAB. I was motivated by the efforts my small town has been making over the past couple of years to make it more cyclist friendly.
This year we're planning a 4 day ride on the C & O Canal path from D.C. to Cumberland (184 Miles). The days will be 43 miles, 42 miles, 40 miles, 59 miles; or 43 miles, 42 miles, 51 miles, 48 miles, depending on how we decide to break it up. Therefore we're going to spend several months working up to it so that we are physically prepared.
We'll be staying hotels along the way to help lessen the blow (yeah right) then plan to stay an extra day in DC enjoying what it has to offer.
Just wondering what you guys do to prepare for long rides.
This is the first time I've joined an advocacy group, and it took some time but finally decided to pick ACA over LAB. I was motivated by the efforts my small town has been making over the past couple of years to make it more cyclist friendly.
This year we're planning a 4 day ride on the C & O Canal path from D.C. to Cumberland (184 Miles). The days will be 43 miles, 42 miles, 40 miles, 59 miles; or 43 miles, 42 miles, 51 miles, 48 miles, depending on how we decide to break it up. Therefore we're going to spend several months working up to it so that we are physically prepared.
We'll be staying hotels along the way to help lessen the blow (yeah right) then plan to stay an extra day in DC enjoying what it has to offer.
Just wondering what you guys do to prepare for long rides.