Originally Posted by
kingston
Wow! That's a lot of permanents. Hope RUSA is able to get them insured so you can keep your streak going
. There's no way I could ever get enough rides to complete a K-Hound in our ~6-month season so I've never ridden a single perm.
Down here, the basic strategy is to go ride a 200k every Saturday, and 52x200 = 10,000+. In reality, you miss a Saturday here or there, but you ride a 300k or 400k here or there, too, so it evens out.
With a 6-month season, you go ride a 200k every Saturday AND every Sunday. And if you have a chance, spend a few days in Texas or AZ or CA or someplace warmer towards the end of the year and make up any shortage.
Another strategy is to get a 100k route you can ride after work during the week. Not easily done in large urban areas, but you can easily work another 100k or 200k in during the week.
It helps if you have like-minded people to ride with, then this all becomes social hour as well.
If you're going for 40,000k in a year, you ride your time trial bikes and get 90-100 miles in about 4 weekdays a week then ride on weekends, too.