Originally Posted by
bragi
In seven days, I took two days off. The first and last day were hard, high mileage days over hills; every other day, I never did more than 30 miles. On future tours, I think I'd balance it out a bit more. I think 40 miles per day, maybe 50, is a reasonable goal. Any more than that, it starts to feel like work, especially on a hot day. I do plan to continue taking days off, though; if you're in a nice spot, why be in a hurry to leave?
Thanks. It sounds like a reasonable approach. The San Juan Islands sound like the ideal place for that sort of trip and pace. Maybe I will try a trip like that sometime.
So far, I tend to want the pace to be work on my trips though. Strangely on the TA last Summer we tended to do longer mileage on the hottest days, not sure why it just worked out that way. It seemed like it was record heat almost everywhere we were on that trip so we got pretty acclimated to the heat.