Looking For a Goal.......

Hello.
I'm looking for some advice to help focus my training.....I need some sort of aim, I'm currently riding about 100miles a week along with running and swimming, but i need some sort of aim for training. I want to enter an endurance race or big time trial in june 11 but i dont know what to go for. Anyone give me any advice or suggest a challenge suitable?
I'm better at riding than swimming and running an i did circuit racing and a few other events last year and a did a big tour across France and Spain in the summer but now i need to have an aim for the summer you know, otherwise i may hit a wall with the training.
If anyone can give me some advice or know any epic events in the UK or not it would be appreciated. I don't really know where to begin looking.
I'm looking for some advice to help focus my training.....I need some sort of aim, I'm currently riding about 100miles a week along with running and swimming, but i need some sort of aim for training. I want to enter an endurance race or big time trial in june 11 but i dont know what to go for. Anyone give me any advice or suggest a challenge suitable?
I'm better at riding than swimming and running an i did circuit racing and a few other events last year and a did a big tour across France and Spain in the summer but now i need to have an aim for the summer you know, otherwise i may hit a wall with the training.
If anyone can give me some advice or know any epic events in the UK or not it would be appreciated. I don't really know where to begin looking.
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What do you class as a big TT, TT's are run week in week out during the summer.
http://www.beaconrcc.org.uk/open_races/lmtt/index.html
Put it in your diary and I'll look forward to meeting you there.
Ruth
Certainly an epic
http://www.beaconrcc.org.uk/audax/cotswold/index.html
Not sure of the date for next year but it's likely to be similar to this year's date. An excellent day out on the bike and my guess is you'll be fully challenged trying to keep up with the front group in the 200km event.
Ruth
http://www.beaconrcc.org.uk/audax/express/index.html
Lower-key, but a good excuse to get out on a chilly Saturday in February. Won't break the bank either.
Ruth
I just entered the 19th feb sunrise express one to start with. looks like i will be training hard through the winter then.
And i will see you there Ruth.
Tom
it's a hard life if you don't weaken.
Thanks for posting this link, I have been looking for some early season rides and this looks spot on.
Which is the nicer way to do the loop? Sunrise or the other one or not much difference?
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They're much of a muchness really. I usually do the Sunrise one because I'd rather set off a bit earlier and get it done. There's nothing memorable in the way of hills so neither direction is harder than the other. The main concern at that time of year is ice. 3 years ago we did the first leg of it all on gritted roads. Two years ago the whole event was abandoned due to lethal icey conditions and last year several riders came off on a patch of ice on a shadey corner. Just hope for mild weather!
Ruth
Indeed, but this will be a nice break from the doom and gloom of turbo sessions!
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