Hundreds of cyclists will be finishing up Texas Hell Week tomorrow. Bloggers Sascha and Steven have been writing about it. I wish I could have been there but it didn’t work this year.
It really started as a RAAM training camp. It used to be if you didn’t put in at least a 100 miles a day you were frowned on. There still are rides every day that a in the 100+ mile range but there’s also B and C rides that are around 60 and 40 miles respectively. Besides it being great training it’s a lot of fun. There’s very little traffic and interesting things to see. I hope to go again sometime and if you’ve never been you should plan to sometime.
Last year it was the best thing I did for training for the Race Across America. I got in 872 miles in 7 days. I had planned to ride another 100 miles on the 8th day but I was tired and it was raining when I got up. I decided the rain was a sign that I shouldn’t push it too much. You can check out my pictures from last year’s Texas Hell Week. On my page of pictures I also have links to my blog posts for each day that include the elevation profile for the ride.
|
|
|
Tags: century ride, cycling, Hell Week, Texas Hell Week, ultra cycling
Blog RSS Feed
Like on Facebook
Follow on Twitter
Flickr
Contact
Fantastic week, despite being poured on a few times and bending my derailleur hanger on the last day. I’m so happy I went and will be returning next spring. Already reserved a room as a matter of fact!