Training Guidance please

outdoors73

Hi folks, I've found myself having signed up for a duathlon and a couple of 100 mile sportive rides for 2013, including the welsh sportive of a gentle 112 miles :shock:

Fun I here some say, well i'm new to cycling, (I'm one of them mamil types) commuting 40 miles round trip a couple of time a week for the past three months and a intermediate runner having completed two marathons, 4 half's and a couple of 10k's over the past two years.

Training for the duathlon doesn't faze me but the sportive training is a different matter, I don't know where to start :? , so any guidance on where to start is openly welcome...

jamienorton

You sound fairly fit, tbh you could probably already do 100 miles if you take it easy, and eat right.

ju5t1n

I agree. Just try and get out a bit more and up your mileage a little over the winter - you'll be fine.

bahzob

Ditto above. Only thing I would suggest is getting a bike fit, chances are the setup you use for commuting isn't necessarily the best one for a 100mile ride.

If you want a training guide the one below is good especially if time available is limited (despite who wrote it). It includes a specific plan for a 100mile ride.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=amazon+time+crunched&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

outdoors73

Cheers for the vote of confidence, my basic plan so far is to up the commute to four days a week and try and stretch at least one or two of them to 50 miles a day over the next few months (as long as there's no snow!)

Bike fitting sounds like a good idea, is this something any bike shop can do or should I find a specialist outfit to carry this out?

Alex_Simmons/RST

Agree on bike fit. Helps to be comfortable.

We have plans that would be suitable and are adapted to your level of fitness, training history/experience and available training time.