Longest indoor trainer workout ever? (Page 2)

I was training for IM NO 70.3 last April. And as a Minnesotan, I had to spend a lot of time on my trainer. I could really only do about 2 hours at a time. But my wife and I went to a "one-time-only" 5 hour spin class at a local gym. They had 5 teachers over the 5 hours.

Not.

Fun.

I think I've gone ~3, but wouldn't do so again unless I was very near a race and felt I needed the distance. 

IMO, you should cut it to 2 hours max and ride harder than you would have otherwise.  You aren't racing until May.  Make the work quality and get it done.

Three hours on rollers.  My saddle hurt that day.

Edited by dexter 2010-02-12 12:22 PM

I voted two, but it was really a little over 1.5 hours on my rollers.  I had a river of sweat on the basement floor.    

I did 2 and a half hours yesterday for my longest continuous indoor trainer ride ever thanks to 40" of snow over the past 7 days and i was feeling pretty stir crazy.

I did a 2 hour treadmill run and that was about my limit for that activity as well.

I did a 3 hour cycling marathon for charity a few years back but we got a mini break every 30 min and I got to get off the bike occassionally and they put us in the YMCA lobby so we had a varienty of scenery walking by which and a good group of folks to keep it interesting.

To those that did the century and three hours on the rollers: WOW. I cannot imagine the mental and physical stamina this would take. I've only ridden rollers a couple times, and it was so much harder than a normal trainer.

My longest trainer ride is about 2 hours, but I think I could do more if necessary. One of my friends who trained for IMAZ (in April) a couple years ago had to do two or three 6 hour rides on the trainer due to the winter weather here. He told me he watched all of the Band of Brothers miniseries during those sessions.

Hey what about that college kid who was gonna run a half-ironman indoors on no training ... 1.2 in the pool, 56 on the exer-bike and then 13 on the treadmill .... i have not seen his post about three hours yet?! What's up with that?!

Edited by jsselle 2010-02-13 8:41 AM

I did 5 hours on the trainer while training for the Great Floridian a few years back. The weather was horrible outside and got stuck indoors doing my last long ride.

This time around, training for Ironman South Africa has been torture. My long bike rides are on Tuesday and most of the time the weather is horrible, so I'm stuck indoors. Add to that, working a night shift and trying to change my body clock around is rough. I did four hours the other week on the trainer. Thankfully, Lost was on for three hours, so I got through three hours with no problems. I'm hoping the weather is better this Tuesday as I have 4+ hours on the bike.