I did it! I was out of the house by 5:15am this morning, squeezed in a 13 mile ride in time to come home, shower and head off on my 1 hour commute to work. If I can make this a daily routine and manage some more miles on the weekends, I can hopefully average 150 miles/week.
Why am I doing this?
1. Personal discipline
2. Discipline for the ALC. Each of the 7 mornings will start around 6am. I better get used to this if I'm going to complete the ride next year. My BMX style tricycle will be much slower than the other riders especially on the uphills. I'll need as much of the 13 hours of riding allowed per day. Shuttles will start picking up slow riders to drive them to camp if they calculate that you can't make it on your own by 7:30pm. I told everybody I'd be cycling to LA, so I don't want to be hitching a ride on a shuttle if I can help it.
3. Training. I need as many training miles as possible. The hardcore amateur cyclists train at least 150 miles/week.
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