7 weeks to get fit for an 80 mile + 12hr MTB night rides
rohloff-rich
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I have an 80 mile mtb night ride towards the end of September, followed shortly by a 12hr mtb night ride a couple of weeks later.
I'm not overly fussed about getting mtb miles in as I ride a lot of mtb anyway, and have done for the last 5yrs or so, so technique etc. isn't the issue.
What should I be doing in terms of road miles, number of rides each wek, ramping up distances etc. over the next 6 or 7 weeks running up to the first of these events? My base fitness is already quite good, I just want to improve on where I currently am.
If it helps, I recently did 65 miles across the South Downs Way and had been doing weekly 60-70 mile road rides in the run up to that - whilst I made the distance and felt good, recovered well etc. I felt that I would have been much better doing 100 mile road rides, so I have no issue building up to that if need be.
Also, what trainer / roller work is worth doing for these rides? Am about to get a set of rollers for interval training as I'm not confident doing these on the road yet.
Cheers 8)
I'm not overly fussed about getting mtb miles in as I ride a lot of mtb anyway, and have done for the last 5yrs or so, so technique etc. isn't the issue.
What should I be doing in terms of road miles, number of rides each wek, ramping up distances etc. over the next 6 or 7 weeks running up to the first of these events? My base fitness is already quite good, I just want to improve on where I currently am.
If it helps, I recently did 65 miles across the South Downs Way and had been doing weekly 60-70 mile road rides in the run up to that - whilst I made the distance and felt good, recovered well etc. I felt that I would have been much better doing 100 mile road rides, so I have no issue building up to that if need be.
Also, what trainer / roller work is worth doing for these rides? Am about to get a set of rollers for interval training as I'm not confident doing these on the road yet.
Cheers 8)
An MTBer, but with skinny wheel tendencies...
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You are not doing the Kent cyclosportive are you?0
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I would suggest your reading this: Lance_Armstrong_Performance_Program_Seven_Weeks_to_the_Perfect_Ride
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Hi
I would say you still need to get the long rides in on the MTB but do shorter but very much more intense rides on the road bike or turbo. I don't think riding on the road is really going to prepare you for long rides off-road because position on the bike is different and you are bouncing all over the place off-road. It's stressing your body in a different way and it's far more technical off-road. Pedalling technique is different. Having said that you only need to ride off-road once a week.
The above applies even more for preparation for the 12 hour ride off-road. There's no advantage to doing the long ride on the road.
On the road bike or turbo I'd suggest you concetrate on building your fitness with one or two interval sessions a week like I suggested in this thread
http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12539477
These intervals will give you a good "engine" and should complement the endurance built and skills honed with the off-road riding.
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