Originally Posted by
downtube42
That's just what I'm talking about. The reasons to quit come before you even start. Perfectly valid, reasonable reasons to quit before you start, and at every step along the way. It makes no rational sense at all to attempt riding 300km once, much less day after day.
I harbor a theory that anyone can ride a 400km brevet, so you have misinterpreted my post. It's a pretty big jump from one 300km ride to 21 300km rides in a row. I was mostly reacting to the, "can I train for 6 months and do this extreme ride?"
I feel faster after on 300k. I have even felt faster at the end of a 1200k. But after my first SR series, I was worried my knees would never recover. I'm not sure what changed, probably the fact I adopted lower gears.