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| 399.1 | Go as fast as you can! | MOSAIC::WASSER | John A. Wasser | Thu Jul 23 1987 14:20 | 11 |
| > what is an average-speed for a 20 mile road race and for
> a Century race.
My guess is that 24 MPH and higher is normal for a road
race of under 30 miles.
Century (100 mile) rides are usualy not run as races... there
are seldom official starters and timers so you are on your own
if you want to race against the clock. A respectable speed for
100 miles is 20 MPH (5 hours) but I would consider anything over
10 MPH to be a win.
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| 399.2 | Your milage may vary... | TALLIS::JBELL | Wot's..Uh the Deal? | Thu Jul 23 1987 14:25 | 12 |
| For a 20 mile race, figure on about an hour.
Is the century a race or a ride? For a ride I guess 8 to 12 hours depending
on how long you stop for ice cream and how well you slept the night before.
I (personally) have never considered doing a century as a race, but perhaps 7
or 8 hours, depending on whether you are in a pack. (Any experts out there?)
The above is what I think I might be able to acheive. There are those who are
much faster, and those who are slower.
-Jeff Bell
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| 399.3 | My first Century, this fall... | GRUNT::KLASMAN | | Thu Jul 23 1987 20:20 | 0 |
| 399.4 | My first Century, this fall...take 2 | GRUNT::KLASMAN | | Thu Jul 23 1987 20:31 | 13 |
| < Note 399.3 by GRUNT::KLASMAN >
-< My first Century, this fall... >-
Let's try this again...I too am planning my first Century this fall (I'm still
running, tho!) and was wondering what pace I'll be able to maintain. I now
can manage about 20mph for 40 rolling to hilly miles (each person's definition
of hilly is undoubtably different!) and I've got 8 weeks left until the C. I
hope I can do 20mph, time trial style, but at this point I'm not sure. I
certainly hope to do no slower than 19mph (5:15). I don't plan on stopping at
all!
Kevin
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| 399.5 | You're gonna have to stop at least three times... | KIRK::JOHNSON | Matt Johnson | Fri Jul 24 1987 10:24 | 3 |
| Typically, you have to sign in at each checkpoint.
MATT
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| 399.6 | They can Fly! | MDVAX1::DIGNAN | Walk between the raindrops | Fri Jul 24 1987 19:50 | 13 |
| The answers to your question will vary widely. Examples: My brother,
who is a Cat.IV racer, rode a bona-fide century in 4:24. He
was in a 6-man paceline the whole way, which included a former national
time-trial champion. A 5 hour century under any circumstances is
quite respectable, maybe comparable to, say, a sub-3 hr. marathon.
Racing speeds depend on who is racing. Novice or citizens 20 milers
will average over 20 mph, sometimes in the mid-20s. Cat.IV USCFers
will go faster, mid to high 20s, and Cat.Is and IIs will surely
be in the high 20s, unless of course the race gets very tactical,
where nobody wants to pull, etc.
Have fun!
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| 399.7 | byeeeeeeeeeee............ | SUSHI::KMACDONALD | Macarooned on a Dessert Island | Mon Jul 27 1987 16:38 | 5 |
| The winning time in a 100 mile road race, as opposed to a Century ride,
would typically run between 4 and 4 1/2 hrs. depending on the calibre of
riders and the number of strong ones. A national event possibly faster.
I've never been able to stay with the pack in a 100 mile race farther than
about 30 miles, and if you're dropped, that's usually it.....
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| 399.8 | FROM A RACERS EYE | SVCRUS::CRANE | | Tue Jul 28 1987 17:15 | 21 |
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AS A CAT IV RACIER IT ALWAYS AMAZES ME THE SPEEDS MY RACES ACHIEVE
THIS LATE IN THE SEASON THE CRITERIUMS AT NEWTON SPECIFICALLY THE
LAST "B" RACE I ROAD THE AVERAGE SPEED WAS 26 MPH. IN AN EARLIER
ROAD RACE UP IN VERMONT (STOWE ROAD RACE) THE SPEED COMING DOWN
OFF OF HTE MOUNTAIN WAS A SUSTAINED 50 MPH AND THE RACE SPEED WAS
BEYOIND MY CAPABILITYS AFTER I GOT DROPPED AT 20 MILES ON A BIG
CLOMB BUT MY GUESS WOULD PUT IT AT 23 TO 24 AND THAT WAS A VERY
HILLY RIDE. THE FITCHBURG CRITERIUM 15 MILES I THENK DID NOT GO
BELOW 30 MPH AXCEPT AROUND THE HAIRPIN CORNER BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
AND JUST FOR THE CURIOUS DREAMERS THE WHEAT THINS PRO CRITERIUMS
ARE RUN BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH FOR 35 MILES!!!Q
WHEW, TIRED JUST WATCHING!!!!!!!
FROM RIPLEYS BELIEVE IT OR TRY IT
JOHN
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| 399.9 | but, without the pack | MEMORY::WORRELL | Leave no stone un-climbed | Wed Jul 29 1987 10:20 | 7 |
| Race speeds are higher than an individual can acheive, because of
riding with the pack.
In order for us solitary riders to compare honestly, how fast do racers
go when training by themselves?
Glen
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| 399.10 | The there's the ultramarathon crowd | NOVA::FISHER | P-B-P qualified | Thu Jul 30 1987 06:47 | 19 |
| Just to get the entry in: The last (July 24-26) John Marino Open
-- which is run as a Time Trial -- was won with a time of a little
over 32 hours for the 603 miles with 8 riders finishing within the
requisite 15% to qualify for RAAM '88. Two women also qualified
with times of about 38 hours. I believe the winner did 467 miles
in the first 24 hours and 4:41 for the first C. The first 15 riders
completed a 100 miles in 4:47 or less.
The weather was 90's, humid, one too brief thunderstorm.
Jonathan Boyer said these guys are not athletes.
There were 93 starters in this event, many of whom only had a
goal of finishing.
No, I did not do this, only did the 24 hr TT, in which I completed
a much more modest 303 miles, got 2.5 hrs sleep during the race.
ed
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