Quote Originally Posted by jobob
So V, is there any great wisdom (or at least, helpful tips?) you can share w. to those of us who are thinking about doing some long-distance riding next year?
Have friends who will pick up your coach when needed.

Make your training rides quality rides. Not every ride should be a hammerfest. Interval training is your friend. Long slow rides are not the way to train. Try to train 5 days a week. Spinervals really helped me through the winter. Train your core.

Pay attention to your body. You need to know what is pain you can put up with and what's not. Pain is inevitable. Managing it is the key to finishing. But to me that doesn't mean riding through something that may cause damage - hence the DMD DNF. We're not getting paid to perform.

Keep it fun. There are days I go out to ride and forget about my training plan and just enjoy the feel of the bike.

I've put all my training writeups on the website as part of the redo. In a month or so when I get serious about training again, I'll probably write another one.

V.