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Greg,
you can improve your cardio respiratory fitness which will benefit you in endurance type activity by doing high intensity met-con type stuff. Basically circuits of full body power movements (jumps, burpees, squats, power cleans, kettle bell swings etc) done with submaximal resistance but with limited time & rest. A bike can be incorporated into something like this. For example, a sprint lap around the park, followed by burpees. If you have a home gym you could do speed deadlifts followed by bike on rollers. You aim to progress by increasing the "density" of work done for time. Which in effect shows that you have increased your work capacity/fitness.
This may be more time efficient than doing purely actual endurance / long slow distance work, to prepare for the challenge.
If you do not already have some base of strength to find high (explosive) reps of suitable full body movements easy/safe. Then it is perhaps best not to employ these type of training as it will not be as productive and may injure you.