What a way to get back on my bike! I had only ridden a bike twice since Ironman Arizona in November but I wouldn’t dare think of missing the Tour of Sufferlandria. How could you possibly miss a virtual staged bike tour though a mythical country that takes pride in making you suffer? I know huh? Sounds amazing!
Honestly, this is a pretty amazing experience. Through the use of the Sufferfest videos and the amazing application TrainerRoad we rode with over 2700 others all over the world and raised over $100K for the Davis Phinney Foundation without ever leaving our homes!
The tour lasted over 9 days and you essentially had 50 hours to complete each stage. If you didn’t complete the stage during the window it was open you were dropped. Everyday we would log on to see how many people didn’t make it on. For us, the best part was there was no question we would finish the Tour which actually made it easier to get on the bike day after day; quitting wasn’t an option! The crazy part for Stuart and I was we had to fit a 50k trail run in the middle of the Tour! Luckily, due to the 50 hour window to complete each stage, we started the tour as soon as we could which allowed us to fit in the race. You can get an idea of the effort from the picture below.
As you can see the last two days were a doozy!
If you haven’t looked into The Sufferfest or TrainerRoad and you use an indoor bike trainer YOU ARE TOTALLY MISSING OUT! This is truly the best way to make good use of your time on a trainer for very little money.
Wow! I can’t believe you ran a 50k during the ToS! I had to miss a day last week, so I started it over again this week. Stage 3 tonight 🙂
I definitely need to invest in this!! I’ve heard such great things about it from others as well 😉
It isn’t that much of an investment because you probably have the most of the pieces necessary.
Read this http://quadrathon.blogspot.com/2014/02/trainerroad-101-hardware-and-pain-cave.html and it should tell you a lot about what it takes to set it up.
Thanks for the info Becca!!
congrats on finishing up the tour! and wow for a 50K run.. I was going to do a fat bike race but had to do some work. I am finishing up my blog post for the tour. breaking each stage is tough when it is a just a big blur of pain….
A 50k trail run in the middle of ToS?! That is seriously impressive and a little bit nuts 😉 Thanks a ton for participating and supporting such a great cause.
-Trevor from TrainerRoad
TrainerRoad worked flawlessly for the Tour! You guys did an amazing job setting it up!
agree TrainerRoad did a great job
That sounds like great motivation!