Originally Posted by
MetinUz
Charly Miller riders get by with that little sleep, but they ride through 2 nights. It has to be awfully tough to ride through 4 nights with a total of 20 minutes of sleep.
I have done a straight-through 600k, but I need to sleep long enough for 3 REM cycles each night to feel fresh on a 1200k.
I agree about a 1200k. I meant 20 minutes at a time, so 20 minutes on a 600k. I got a lot more sleep than that during PBP, some of it inadvertently when the medical folks told me I was waiting for a doctor, but wasn't. Least sleep I have gotten on a 1200k was 6 hours. I had one sleepy episode riding on the 3rd night, but during the day I was okay. I think I felt the lack of sleep in my legs though.
Does sleeping 20 minutes on a 600k constitute riding through? I don't think so, and it's a lot wiser than trying to go without sleep. I am pretty sure most people will make that up, and probably will make up a lot more sleep than that.