Anders and I participated in the 12 hour Solitary Confinement Challenge on Saturday with about 60 other folks around the world. You basically had to ride (in Zwift) a minimum of 40 minutes and a minimum of 12.4 miles every hour, on the hour for 12 hours. It started at 9am on Saturday.
We both completed it and felt pretty good. I was a mid to back of the pack guy and did the minimum 8 hours of riding over the 12 hour period and ended up riding 163.8 miles, so just about 20.5mph average. Anders rode an additional 40 minutes or so such that he did 200.4 miles.
This is a big jump from this year's long ride distance of 60 miles but I feel pretty good now some 48 hours later. the 20 minute breaks were helpful with getting enough nutrition and hydration throughout the day. Fun! I might do something similar from time to time--maybe do 8 hours and ride 45 minutes of every hour but go harder.
Anyways, here are this weeks stats:
Swim: 3,000 yards
Bike: 344 miles
Run/Hike: 31 miles
Time: 28:13
Below are trailing 4-week averages for the first 23 weeks of the year:
On the run, I've been near or above 30 miles/week for the last 5-6 weeks.
We both completed it and felt pretty good. I was a mid to back of the pack guy and did the minimum 8 hours of riding over the 12 hour period and ended up riding 163.8 miles, so just about 20.5mph average. Anders rode an additional 40 minutes or so such that he did 200.4 miles.
This is a big jump from this year's long ride distance of 60 miles but I feel pretty good now some 48 hours later. the 20 minute breaks were helpful with getting enough nutrition and hydration throughout the day. Fun! I might do something similar from time to time--maybe do 8 hours and ride 45 minutes of every hour but go harder.
Anyways, here are this weeks stats:
Swim: 3,000 yards
Bike: 344 miles
Run/Hike: 31 miles
Time: 28:13
Below are trailing 4-week averages for the first 23 weeks of the year:
While my swim volume is minuscule right now, I am getting back into the ocean/inter-coastal for open water swimming this week. The water temp is now 61 degrees so I no longer have an excuse to stay dry!
My bike mileage has been consistently near or above 300 miles/week for the last 10 weeks.
I'm consistently devoting 25-30 hours/week in total training time...
onward and upward
