Fear and Loathing in Las Milpas

If it takes 45 minutes to walk to my destination, how long would it take to bike there?

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I've gone insane and decided that I have it in me to do the AIDS/Lifecycle ride this year. I suppose it's not wholly outside my realm of ability, as I have no problem doing metric centuries and I did a century in Nov 2008 without any real training. The time allowed to finish each day seems pretty generous, so I feel good about the way things are paced.

My commute gives me 15 miles of riding 5 days a week now. I'm hoping to sacrifice my lunch hours to make it 30. I'm also going to spend one weekend day riding so that I can get used to having less rest time, hopefully reaching a point where my rest day is something closer to active recovery. I also am going to see about getting involved in San Jose Bike Party more so I get more group riding time. I'm sure some of my solo riding will be dedicated to climbing.

I'd love people's input on how to train for this, though. I think just raising my weekly totals, losing some weight, getting used to more days on, and training a little for climbing might be enough. I don't need to be the first person across the line...I just want to finish.

Thoughts?

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Update on http://community.livejournal.com/bikes/384127 which I posted following the death of a fellow cyclist after being hit by a drunk driver:

The driver was scheduled to go to court this morning on charges of aggravated vehicular manslaughter. I'm not sure why, but the case was continued.

Incidentally, a local tv news anchor was a passenger in the vehicle. His station barely reported on the accident, and never mentioned his connection to my knowledge. To their credit, he is no longer with the station.

howdy y'all, the end of the year is coming up and some people enjoy to take inventory of their past year/life in the saddle. here's a list that i found a while ago from a friend, with some things added. it's not organized, and it could really use some additions. let's expand on it!

( the list )