25000 a year?
03-26-02, 05:58 AM
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25000 a year?
I saw an ad where they show a pro rider and say he rides 25000 miles a year. I know a pro roadie puts in mad miles, but 25000? If he took only two weeks off a year, he'd still be riding 500 miles a week. Maybe the advertising dept. botched it, and meant to say 25000 km a year, ~15500 miles, which I could believe.
Anybody know how many miles a week a pro really rides?
Anybody know how many miles a week a pro really rides?
03-26-02, 08:05 AM
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I've heard the same for many of the Euro pros. I saw in a book (can't remember exactly where), that some riders have upwards of 30,000 MILES per year. I can't imagine.
03-26-02, 10:41 AM
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I read somewhere that Bernt Johansson did some 25000 km during the six months preceeding the Olympics 1976. It worked for him, but it takes a few years to adjust the body to that amount of training.
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03-26-02, 10:56 AM
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25,000 miles is a strech. In my years basicly put in about 30,000 kms average per year. I have known a few top riders to put a wee bit more but not over 45,000 kms. Some riders that may be racing Giro, Tur Vuelta, Worlds and Spring Classics may get this amount. However nowdays very few riders take on such a long schedule.
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