Sep 21, 2022

THE 100' RULE

THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS TO CALCULATE HOW TOUGH A RIDE IS compared to other rides. One of my favorites is the one I use to determine if it was flat, rolling, climbing day, or worse...

... horrendous and hillacious amount of vert.

Sometimes, some routes seem really climby and they're not.

Other days, it feels like all we did was climb and we didn't.

I was thinking about my rule while riding my topsecret XC training loop - you can check it on Strava.

Here's my rule:

100'/mile or more is a climbing route/course.

Anything less, is rolling or flat.

I logged 19ish miles and 3600ish feet of vert this afternoon...

... almost 2x my rule.

Why is that important?

Because when I am looking at an upcoming race or ride or route, I can quickly see the amount of vert per mile and then get an idea of how rough it's gonna be it's always good to drill deeper and...

... see if the climbs are stacked or spread out.

But, that's my rule.

Check out your next couple of rides or your last couple.

Watch that ratio.

Let me know if you have a different rule.

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I'll use it as I start to look at next year's events I'm considering.

Yep, it's time for a new Giant Wall Callendar...

... so I can see everything all at once.

With Saturday and Sunday at the end of week...

... to grasp the race weekends.