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Ask @bananaskid how much training you need.
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That's a decent amount of training.
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Mon - recovery day
Tue - Terrible Tuesdays, beer drinking until 5am
Wed - still can't stand smell of alcohol
Thu - sun's out, cocktails at preferred outdoor bar
Fri - ok, but i'll only stay for the one
Sat - NULL
Sun - wake up in strange hospital with alcohol poisoning -
I'll be needing to ride at least 320km per day
Isn't the finishers party 16 days out this year instead of 15?
I thought daily average to make it last year was only ~250k? -
That seems to be definitely enough training. As @skinny said I really didn't do much training - about <1000km in the 12 months leading up to both TCRs. I had done some long rides, e.g. a few 400km + but that is mainly confidence building, in fact, those kind of long distances are almost certainly detrimental to your riding ability as you'll end up breaking down a lot of a muscle. If your aim is to do 320km per day and you sleep for 8 hours you only need to average 20km/h.
These are the things which I think are more important than training if your goal is to finish in time for the party.
Riding comfort - get the best bike fit you can afford, figure out which saddle, handlebar tape, etc. you like.
Pain relief - I carried tonnes of Ibuprofen, Paracetamol, Nurofen plus (it has codeine in and available over the counter in the UK), Chamois gel and some of that numbing spray. If I did it again I'd probably take some tape too.
Keep cycling all the time. On day 1 last year I was constantly getting overtaken by other riders only to then find them in the next town buying stuff. So make sure you have the capacity to take enough food and water for the entire day. Also, try and have your luggage set up so you don't have to stop, e.g. a frame bag for your essentials. I ended up doing everything whilst cycling including brushing my teeth, putting on extra layers and occasionally urinating if it was quiet.
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Interested in how much training everyone is doing. No idea how much is enough but it's tough trying to navigate the balance of sitting in an office all day, being a reasonable father and getting the miles in.
I'm currently doing between 3-400km per week made up of the following :
1 or 2x midweek afterwork hill sessions @ 50km each
80km of commuting
1 x longish ride on the weekend of approx 200km.
Conscious that I'll be needing to ride at least 320km per day so will be needing to ramp this up!
What chu doing and for those that gave ridden before, what was the max you were riding per week pre TCR?
Also see that some people hit the gym etc so also interested in what the benefits of this might be on ultra racing.