training enough or not.

woodycct
woodycct Posts: 22
edited September 2011 in Training, fitness and health
Hi
im training for my first 100 mile sportive but i fear that im not training enough due to my work commitments as i dont get holm intill 20:00.

so every other day i ride about 25 miles after work ( i know its pretty pathetic) and then on sunday i ride around 60 mile.......

is this enough training or not?????

any help and advice would be much appreciated .

Thanks.

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  • Tom Dean
    Tom Dean Posts: 1,723
    If you are regularly doing 60 you will be fine for 100 miles.
  • amaferanga
    amaferanga Posts: 6,789
    Its more about how you ride, not just how many miles. But I agree that with your 60 mile weekend rides you'll be fine. Maybe try to increase the weekend distance each weekend by a few miles. To get the most out of your weekday rides you'd probably be best to either treat them as threshold intervals (if possible) or just ride as hard as you can. There's no point in just going out for a 25 mile ride at the same steady pace as your weekend ride.
    More problems but still living....
  • styxd
    styxd Posts: 3,234
    You'll be fine. Just make sure your 25 milers are hard 25 milers. Thats all I do, and I can ride 100 miles no bother.
  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    Tom Dean wrote:
    If you are regularly doing 60 you will be fine for 100 miles.
    ...........provided you pace your 100 mile ride sensibly. Go off with a group that is too quick for you to be comfortable in and it'll all end in tears.

    Ride the whole event at a steady pace and keeping eating and drinking little and often right through and you should be fine.
    It's a Lifestyle! -+-+- Coggan Training Levels
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    you'll be absolutely fine, and then some. I was doing 15 mile round trip commutes and 25 miles round richmond park twice a week

    was fine for 90 miles in surrey. Just spend as much time killing it out of the saddle on the hills
  • Kolraz
    Kolraz Posts: 47
    Easily enough training. I only managed 1 long ride of between 50-70 at a weekend and the occasional weekday ride of 30, all steady miles without any form of intervals or workouts, and I just did my first 100 last sunday in 6:10.
    Try get in a good group of riders who are about the same speed. It makes a massive difference in the amount of time it will take and the effort it will take to get round :)

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