Current tentative schedule looks like this: (tentative because I haven't registered yet)
July 29th - Wilderness 101
Aug 19th - Hampshire 100 (Crotched Mt. has taken it on for 2017 and the race continues with the ski resort being the new start/finish/camping area)
Sept 3rd - SM100
That gives me 3 weeks of recovery between W101 and H100, but only 2 weeks between H100 and SM100. Seems like all 3 of these hundos are on the epic scale for difficulty, and I plan to do them all on an SS Lynskey Pro 29SL with a 120mm travel SID XX. Recovery time is limited and my feeling is that this will be the biggest challenge off the bike. Is it possible for one to train yourself to recover faster? Second problem is, how likely will I want to turn my bike into wall art before Sept and how can I reduce that risk? (fitting it with a geared drive train or replacing it with a 120mm travel full suspension XC rig, while the obvious answers, aren't options for the sake of this discussion) Comfort at the contact points is very important and currently the bike is setup with an Ergon saddle, RDO 27.2 seat post, RDO bars and ESi chunky grips. I have some Ergon grips that I could use as well, though I haven't dialed them in yet.
Due to time limitations (wife, kids, work, house), the training program is going to center around shorter interval sessions on the rollers during the winter with alternating days of weight training. I'm shooting for more consistent training days with shorter, regular workouts vs. intermittent days where I put in a lot of volume in one shot as has been my "training" historically. Once the weather improves in the spring I'll hopefully be working up to ~4hr rides bi-weekly. I'm also converting my Crux to single speed for both use on the rollers and road riding. I feel like road and roller training with gears doesn't translate well to SS MTB and I can get the effort levels I'm shooting for on the rollers with this setup still by using a broad range of cadences.
Aside from "you're an idiot", are there any other items I should consider for a calendar like this? I've done hundos, (H100 a few times now, all on the SS) and I've done shorter endurance races with similar recovery time tables (50s and 6hr races, again all on the SS), but not both. I feel like recovery is going to be the biggest challenge, but maybe I'm wrong? Goals listed by priority are:
1. Finish all 3
2. Beat someone in class in each
3. Finish mid-pack or better in class in each
For an idea of where I'm at right now, I was a little over 2hrs behind Gordon at last year's H100.
July 29th - Wilderness 101
Aug 19th - Hampshire 100 (Crotched Mt. has taken it on for 2017 and the race continues with the ski resort being the new start/finish/camping area)
Sept 3rd - SM100
That gives me 3 weeks of recovery between W101 and H100, but only 2 weeks between H100 and SM100. Seems like all 3 of these hundos are on the epic scale for difficulty, and I plan to do them all on an SS Lynskey Pro 29SL with a 120mm travel SID XX. Recovery time is limited and my feeling is that this will be the biggest challenge off the bike. Is it possible for one to train yourself to recover faster? Second problem is, how likely will I want to turn my bike into wall art before Sept and how can I reduce that risk? (fitting it with a geared drive train or replacing it with a 120mm travel full suspension XC rig, while the obvious answers, aren't options for the sake of this discussion) Comfort at the contact points is very important and currently the bike is setup with an Ergon saddle, RDO 27.2 seat post, RDO bars and ESi chunky grips. I have some Ergon grips that I could use as well, though I haven't dialed them in yet.
Due to time limitations (wife, kids, work, house), the training program is going to center around shorter interval sessions on the rollers during the winter with alternating days of weight training. I'm shooting for more consistent training days with shorter, regular workouts vs. intermittent days where I put in a lot of volume in one shot as has been my "training" historically. Once the weather improves in the spring I'll hopefully be working up to ~4hr rides bi-weekly. I'm also converting my Crux to single speed for both use on the rollers and road riding. I feel like road and roller training with gears doesn't translate well to SS MTB and I can get the effort levels I'm shooting for on the rollers with this setup still by using a broad range of cadences.
Aside from "you're an idiot", are there any other items I should consider for a calendar like this? I've done hundos, (H100 a few times now, all on the SS) and I've done shorter endurance races with similar recovery time tables (50s and 6hr races, again all on the SS), but not both. I feel like recovery is going to be the biggest challenge, but maybe I'm wrong? Goals listed by priority are:
1. Finish all 3
2. Beat someone in class in each
3. Finish mid-pack or better in class in each
For an idea of where I'm at right now, I was a little over 2hrs behind Gordon at last year's H100.