Training for 10 x 150 Mile Ride

what brakes
what brakes Posts: 328
edited April 2010 in Training, fitness and health
Hi guys

If you were going to ride 150 miles per daye for 10days back to back. what would your rough training schedule be?

Theres 6 of us planning on riding 1500miles over 10 day and we are in dispute of what training to do.

Cheers inadvance for your input



p.s we are of a good fitness level and a couple of us regulary ride 60-100 miles a time along with some 100 mile sportives.

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  • amaferanga
    amaferanga Posts: 6,789
    How long do you have to train? What's the terrain like? Supported or unsupported?

    One part of your training should obviously be getting comfortable cycling 150 miles in a day. You'll need to have your bike set-up spot-on. Once you can do back-to-back-to-back 150 mile days then you're probably good to go :D
    More problems but still living....
  • what brakes
    what brakes Posts: 328
    We have 5 months till kick off.

    bikes should all be dialled in now! i think 8) but i may personaly get a bike fit done payday to see whatthey say!
  • Toks
    Toks Posts: 1,143
    what brakes wrote:
    Hi guys
    If you were going to ride 150 miles per daye for 10days back to back. what would your rough training schedule be?
    .
    Er...your training plan would depend on a lot of factors: how much training time you had available, current fitness levels, training history, experience, weight, terrain available (turbo, hills, flat), availability of a HRM or Powermeter etc You may even need to consider getting a coach
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    I would say that the conventional wisdom for something like that would be Long
    Slow Distance(LSD) rides, and often. That's a lot of miles without a break in the action.
    That's really all I have ot offer. Ride as much as you can and, possibly even more important, REST harder than you train. IMHO I don't see much reason to do intervals or that sort of stuff.
  • amaferanga
    amaferanga Posts: 6,789
    I think I actually agree with Dennis :wink:

    I'm guessing its not a race and that there's no time limit each day so you just want to work on your ability to cycle for 10-12 hours /day over multiple days.

    I did something kind of similar last year - 300km /day for 5 days doing LEJOG. My training involved a daily hilly 2 hour round trip commute and long hilly rides in the Peak District at the weekends. I was doing long rides most weekends from March onwards, building up to 300km by the end of May and I did back-to-back long rides a few weeks before my LEJOG at the end of July.

    I think your biggest problem assuming you can all spare most weekends for long rides from now until you do it is going to be bike comfort. What's comfortable for a single day ride of 100 miles might not work for 10 days in a row of 150 mile rides. You won't really know until you've done a few long rides.

    Its going to be quite some challenge for the guys not used to cycling 60-100 miles regularly, but I guess that's the idea.
    More problems but still living....
  • what brakes
    what brakes Posts: 328
    a couple of us are pretty fit and regul;ary do long rides as much as poss while a couple of the others are doing more short distance stuff.
  • rjh299
    rjh299 Posts: 721
    amaferanga wrote:
    I did something kind of similar last year - 300km /day for 5 days doing LEJOG.

    Me and two mates are planning on possibly doing JOGLE in 5 days next year. We're all pretty fit but was wondering just how hard a challenge we've set ourselves. Definitely difficult, but at least it might seem possible!
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,166
    what brakes wrote:
    a couple of us are pretty fit and regul;ary do long rides as much as poss while a couple of the others are doing more short distance stuff.

    you should be ok (ish) as you will be going at their pace & therefore saving some energy!

    But follow the advice and spend as much time as poss riding. If you also run I would taper that off to save those knee's!

    Also a great chance to get some new kit!
  • coxy84
    coxy84 Posts: 45
    In my opinion thats a serious undertaking 150 miles in a day fine for ten days in a row
    relentless!! you ve got 5 months think you need to do a few 100 miles for 4/5 days
    in a row see how you feel. im no expert but i think slow and steady would win this
    race, better doing it over 12 hours and being able to do it next day than gunning for it
    and breaking yourself :shock:
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    Could be as much a test of your ability to sit on a saddle for 8-10 hours a day as it is to actually pedal that much. Not to mention having bibs and pads that will stand up to it.
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,166
    dennisn wrote:
    Could be as much a test of your ability to sit on a saddle for 8-10 hours a day as it is to actually pedal that much. Not to mention having bibs and pads that will stand up to it.

    as I said - time to treat yourself to some decent kit!
  • what brakes
    what brakes Posts: 328
    Cheers for the info guys, its echos my theory of more long likewise rides rather than lots of short split rides...
  • thiscocks
    thiscocks Posts: 549
    Just for the record, if I did 10x 150m in a row I would unquestionably be having to tell my relatives to think seriously about funeral arrangements for me. I have a list of songs that I want playing which would make it a bit easier for them.

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