<story><title>What it&apos;s like to ride 900 km in a day</title><url>https://cyclingtips.com/2021/11/what-its-like-to-ride-900-km-in-a-day/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jacquesm</author><text>I once did 250 km and change in a single day (a trip with Amsterdam as start and end counterclockwise around the IJsselmeer). When I was 21 and probably the fittest I&amp;#x27;ve been in my life. Afsluitdijk seemed like it would never end, 30 km straight against a terrible headwind (but the whole trip has hardly any elevation change). I peed green stuff and had major skin damage on the inside of my thighs afterwards. Having to go up two flights of stairs with my relatively light racing bike at the end nearly did me in.&lt;p&gt;900 km in a day sounds like an incredible feat to me and I&amp;#x27;m super impressed with it, but I would really wonder about the kind of impact that has on your body.&lt;p&gt;I slept for more than a day after that trip and I swore I would never do it again (and I didn&amp;#x27;t).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>janmo</author><text>I have attempted twice to ride from Hannover to Berlin in a single day which is approx. 280km.&lt;p&gt;First try I made 140km. It was a hot day and the main issue I had was that I sweat more than I could drink. Also it was getting night and I was afraid of not being able to get a train anymore so I abandoned.&lt;p&gt;For the second try I started at night (2am) to make sure I had a chance to make it in time. Around 4pm after over 180km I had to abandon because the cycle path ended and it was too dangerous to drive on the road with all that traffic.&lt;p&gt;Anyway it was a very pleasant experience as you pass many nice towns and other sightseeing. I stopped countless times to take pictures.
Riding 100km, or even 200km is less harder than many expect it to be.</text></comment>
<story><title>What it&apos;s like to ride 900 km in a day</title><url>https://cyclingtips.com/2021/11/what-its-like-to-ride-900-km-in-a-day/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jacquesm</author><text>I once did 250 km and change in a single day (a trip with Amsterdam as start and end counterclockwise around the IJsselmeer). When I was 21 and probably the fittest I&amp;#x27;ve been in my life. Afsluitdijk seemed like it would never end, 30 km straight against a terrible headwind (but the whole trip has hardly any elevation change). I peed green stuff and had major skin damage on the inside of my thighs afterwards. Having to go up two flights of stairs with my relatively light racing bike at the end nearly did me in.&lt;p&gt;900 km in a day sounds like an incredible feat to me and I&amp;#x27;m super impressed with it, but I would really wonder about the kind of impact that has on your body.&lt;p&gt;I slept for more than a day after that trip and I swore I would never do it again (and I didn&amp;#x27;t).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>enraged_camel</author><text>The longest I&amp;#x27;ve ridden is from Long Beach, CA to San Diego, which is about 170 km. Started at 5am and arrived at 5pm. I remember the first half of the trip to have nice scenery. I don&amp;#x27;t remember the second half at all, as I zoned out and contemplated the mistake I had made as I kept pedaling.</text></comment>