I’ve often read about the desire for the “next big thing” once you finish an event. Now that the 300k is behind me, I’ve been really looking forward to the 400k. With an ominous title like “3 Passes”, you know it is going to be a pretty epic ride.

My friends and I agreed early on to make sure our April wasn’t stagnant. At the time, there were no major events scheduled for the month, and it would have been easy to slack off. Of course, the 300k got pushed in to the first weekend of April, but there is still a gap between the 300 and 400k. We settled on doing a couple of permanents to stay … uh… fresh.

Chris pitched two local 200k’s that we could basically start from our houses (give or take a few miles). So, as Dr. Codfish stated it might, the 200k is the training ride for the bigger rides. Then a 300k got added at the last minute for the 3rd of May. It basically covered some of the route in one of the permanents that we were planning on doing anyways. Since misery loves company, it makes more sense to do the 300k. Now my schedule looks something like this
5/3 - 300k RUSA Brevet
5/10 - 200k Permanent
5/17 - 400k ACP Brevet “3 Passes”

As if that weren’t scary enough, the SIR website added the 600k information for June 7th. Oh hey, guess what? They found another mountain pass we can ride over for that one. I was afraid they wouldn’t start to challenge us.

I’m not real good at math, but it is looking like I’m going to be spending close to a thousand miles on the bike in the next few months, in including training and commuting. Awesome.

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