{"id":512,"date":"2023-02-21T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/?p=512"},"modified":"2023-02-21T00:58:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T18:58:22","slug":"how-long-is-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/21\/how-long-is-long\/","title":{"rendered":"How long is long?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chances are good this event is longer than you normally race. If you commonly do 2-3 (or 4?) hour training rides, then you\u2019re probably fine. But if that\u2019s more than you\u2019re used to, you might consider adding some longer rides to your calendar &#8211; especially later in the summer and into the fall.  Keep in mind that the conditions in November might be a bit harsher as well, which will only add to your fatigue. Having a solid aerobic base is one of the best keys to cycling success &#8211; both in this event and in general!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.iceman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Photo-Nov-10-2022-10-00-39-AM-1.jpg?resize=840%2C560&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.iceman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Photo-Nov-10-2022-10-00-39-AM-1.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.iceman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Photo-Nov-10-2022-10-00-39-AM-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.iceman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Photo-Nov-10-2022-10-00-39-AM-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.iceman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Photo-Nov-10-2022-10-00-39-AM-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About the author:<\/strong>\u00a0Kurt Schaldenbrand has been racing bicycles since 1983. He\u2019s been a licensed coach working with competitive and developmental cyclists since 1990 and has been head coach for the University of Michigan Cycling team since 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chances are good this event is longer than you normally race. If you commonly do 2-3 (or 4?) hour training rides, then you\u2019re probably fine. But if that\u2019s more than you\u2019re used to, you might consider adding some longer rides to your calendar &#8211; especially later in the summer and into the fall. Keep in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/21\/how-long-is-long\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How long is long?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18],"tags":[69,165,72,139,179,141],"class_list":["post-512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-training","tag-iceman","tag-iceman-cometh-challenge","tag-kalkaska","tag-training","tag-training-tips","tag-traverse-city"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":517,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions\/517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}