Pyrenees Training
mr_shinobi
Posts: 7
Hi
I have signed up for a trip to do the coast to coast across the Pyrenees in mid-September. I ride pretty regularly (16 mile per day commute), plus I do some long roads (e.g. London to Brighton).
I am looking for some training tips to help me get ready for this trip. I think my main aim is to improve my endurance so I can do the daily long mileage. My plan is to:
1) Increase my commute (in one direction) to make it longer - maybe 20miles a few days per week
2) Practice hill climbs in the gym so I can do 30-45 minutes at moderate intensity
Any tips to help me get ready would be appreciated (I guess I should be doing some sort of interval training?). Struggling to find a basic training program. Starting to get a little nervous about the whole thing tbh! - interested to hear from anyone with experience of this trip.
Cheers
I have signed up for a trip to do the coast to coast across the Pyrenees in mid-September. I ride pretty regularly (16 mile per day commute), plus I do some long roads (e.g. London to Brighton).
I am looking for some training tips to help me get ready for this trip. I think my main aim is to improve my endurance so I can do the daily long mileage. My plan is to:
1) Increase my commute (in one direction) to make it longer - maybe 20miles a few days per week
2) Practice hill climbs in the gym so I can do 30-45 minutes at moderate intensity
Any tips to help me get ready would be appreciated (I guess I should be doing some sort of interval training?). Struggling to find a basic training program. Starting to get a little nervous about the whole thing tbh! - interested to hear from anyone with experience of this trip.
Cheers
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the other the thing to think about is weight, I don't know you, so this may not be important. the lighter you are the easier it is for your legs to get you up something. This can either come off your bike or yourself (one hard, one expensive :P ). Or you can set yourself a weight target, lose x amont and buy something shinny for your bike (if your brain works that mine does :P).
Practice eating & drinking and keeping going when you're body wants to stop. Make sure you have gears low enough to work even when you are tired.
As others have already said - weight is important - but dont lose weight at the price of losing quality training or getting a bad cold because you are run down! Slowly but surely not more than a kilogram a week. And 2 x 20 mins intervalls are excellent preparation for - one to two sessions a week - on a turbo or on a slight incline - steady sustained effort i steh key!
Good luck