It's just a number, 165 days between today and 18 June. It's not many. We're in 2011 already (it's the 3rd Jan). Training is being ramped up, initially for the sub-goals, and then for the Main Event!
One upcoming sub-goal is on 23 January : to do the Alpine Classic 200km in Bright Victoria AU in less than 8 hours (200km, 3800m climbing (120miles, 12,500feet). See www.alpineclassic.com.au. Last year, that's where this project really started - at the meeting point, someone was wearing a RAAM jersey. Like "across a crowded room", I rush over and say "I want one of those!". The response: "it will be the hardest thing you'll do" immediately made me even more determined! The person wearing the RAAM jersey was Glenn Druery, who has done RAAM a few times, and ironically, works 2 buildings away from me in Sydney. We've had some great talks since, and he has been a great motivator.
Tomorrow I start a pseudo-RAAM: 2 days of riding within our proposed RAAM timetable. It arose from lunch with my coach last Wednesday; he thought it would be good to have a baseline - to see how I scrub up afterwards. Glenn Druery says the same: get the feel of RAAM. So I'm riding like we will in RAAM: 4 hour blocks riding 1 hour on, one hour off. Because I will have a nice bed etc, we're making the starting segment much harded - a 4 hour ride. So I'm riding Tuesday 6:00-10:00am, 2:00-3:00pm, 4:00-5:00pm, 10:00-11:00pm, Wednesday 12:00midnight-1:00am, 6:00-7:00am, 8:00-9:00am, 2:00-3:00pm, and 4:00-5:00pm.
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