c.miller64

She obviously isn't riding 237 miles every day anymore, but she's still riding big miles weekly and training in mostly the same manner that she did during the HAMR- lots of steady paced riding at 20-23 along with higher speed intervals thrown in. She wasn't just "putting in the miles" during the HAMR, she was actually training and getting stronger throughout it (averaging 262 miles per day at over 20 mph for the last three months). I have no doubt that she could have entered a women's Pro race within days of her HAMR completion and still would have performed well.

I do agree with you that ultradistance riding not an effective way for most people to train, but for her it worked well enough, and made her strong enough, to attract interest from a UCI pro team. I look forward to seeing what a "typical" Pro training program does for her performance.

Spoonrobot 

That sounds like quite a bit of nonsense. Look we get you're a fan but c'mon man.

John_V 

Trust me! It's not nonsense. If anyone knows anything about Amanda Coker, other than Amanda and her parents, it's going to be c.miller. He's been her riding partner since pretty much the beginning of her HAMR; and continues to be. Yes! I know this for fact because we both ride in the same park and are both good friends with Amanda and her parents. Yes! That's Amanda standing next to me in my avatar.

unterhausen

This is no longer a long distance thread. There has always been a hint of nastiness in some of the posts in this thread. I think it's better to close it. The current discussion would probably be better in the pro cycling for the fans forum.