Originally Posted by
Rdmonster69
Lol ...... more like a couple of mid 30's later this week. My plan is to several rides of 25-35 miles in the next two weeks and then shoot for 50 miles in about 2 weeks on a weekend when I have time to pace myself and plan it out. One thing for sure is I will do it on a nice long bike path as the chip and tar roads near my house beat then hell out of me !!
I rarely average more than 90 miles in a week due to time constraints so training as above for a big effort will probably help me out and give me a few more weeks to get my busted leg back into shape.
The rule is that you can do 1 ride that's as long as your average weekly mileage for the last few weeks, not fast, but doable. That rule seems to have an upper cutoff at about 150 miles/week as long as there's an hour of zone 4-5 in there somewhere. At that point, a 400k should be no great problem if the rider has nutrition and hydration nailed..