Rapha rising challenge on strava out of the question for me

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  • vs
    vs Posts: 468
    964Cup wrote:
    The leaders are doing, respectively, 90 and 60 hours per *week* of riding. Don't these people have jobs, families, lives?

    A quick look shows that Adam Guske rode 90 hours a week doing a Trans Am event, here's a random day from it: http://www.strava.com/activities/159583421/overview

    So I guess, for that time, that was his live. There's never any point in judging other people against your own limiters :wink:
  • markhewitt1978
    markhewitt1978 Posts: 7,614
    964Cup wrote:
    The leaders are doing, respectively, 90 and 60 hours per *week* of riding. Don't these people have jobs, families, lives?

    I would guess they are either pro riders or otherwise don't have to work for a living so can do whatever they want with their time.
  • marcusjb
    marcusjb Posts: 2,412
    964Cup wrote:
    What I can't get my head around with Strava is the time/distance put in by the challenge winners. I'll end up around 1,200km for June MTS, representing 46.5hrs of riding for the month. That's my commute plus at least three decent leisure rides per week. So how the hell did the challenge leaders get to 7,000km+? The leaders are doing, respectively, 90 and 60 hours per *week* of riding. Don't these people have jobs, families, lives?

    Any one of us can put in that time if we wanted. Maybe not every single week - but we're in summer in the northern hemisphere, and people are touring, racing etc. long distances. I'll take a week off later in July and ride a 1300km event in a little under 5 days. It's what I choose to do in my spare time.

    You never know the back story behind some of the big mile-munching riders. I know someone who rides 500-1000 miles a week in summer, he has no job, he is disabled following a traffic collision - riding is his job to him, it keeps his mind straight.

    I'd hate to be riding just for the sake of competing some challenge on a website. I rarely compare myself to others on Strava - no point, there's always someone faster or riding further than you. I ride for myself, no one else.

    Even as a long-distance rider, I favour quality over quantity.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    There's no way I will be making this one as I don't have any free weekends this month and am away for work 20th-27th (with no bike access).

    It would be theoretically possible for me if I drove out after work and sessioned the nearest big hill, getting me around 700m per climb (over and back) in only ~19km of cycling, so I could possibly do that three times in an evening a couple of times during the week (except that I would then collapse and die). Then a couple of big rides at the weekend and it would be close. But even if I was around to do that I would really struggle, I made 3,500m climbing this weekend and am suspicious I won't be able to walk up the stairs to my flat when I get home later. I guess that's the point of challenges though :D
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,124
    sigorman85 wrote:
    Climb 8,800 meters (28,871ft) in nine days! Wow erm I have a job and I live in the uk so think il give this one a miss I live in Dorset and yes it's hilly but is really achievable with working 12 hr shift Monday to Friday and with our weather ?

    You've got more chance in Darzett than in the Alps as Strava/GPS make more errors over rolling terrain than the long alpine climbs - just turn the barometer off first. I've seen people posting 2500m climbing over 150km and when I double checked they had done more like half that.
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