Question for long distance bike riders:>>>>>?

Jay L · 01-09-2008, 04:21 PM

I am not well experidenced at long distances the longest ive done is 14 miles this year am entering a race 35 miles its in june so please can experidenced riders give me advice on how to train and when i should plz thanx.

mtbwacky · 01-09-2008, 04:22 PM

I did a 24 hour race last year, and the longest training ride I did was 6 hours. If you can do half the distance you can do the whole thing. Be consistant. Get on your bike. Try to put in time every day, or every other day. And try to add about 10% to your time every week. Think of it this way 14 miles is only about 1 hour of riding. So 35 miles should be about 2 hours and change. Work your way up to about 1 1/2 hours and you're golden.

McG · 01-09-2008, 04:37 PM

Well 35 miles isn't too long from what you are used to, either.
I would start riding 35 milers as soon as the weather permits. Always train with intervals. I am sure you can do 35 miles. I am training for a 200 miler in May.