1K start to 100K goal ~ hilly~ ???

[jayjay]

Andrea, and Pedal Wench, thank you. Going by the rule of thumb of increasing 10% per week I'd reach my 65mile goal by end of August ! Yikes, as well as start with more distance this week than I think I can do . I"m wondering if that rule of thumb is for total weekly distance over one or a few rides, or just each ride. Any way, my personal 10% Weekly Increase graph looks like this :

March ~ 7.25 / 8.1 / 9 / 10
April ~ 11 /12 .1 / 13.31 /14.64
May ~ 16. 1 / 17.71 / 19.48 / 21. 42
June~ 23. 56 / 25.91/ 28. 50 / 31. 35
July ~ 34.48 / 37.92 / 41. 71 / 45.88
Aug ~ 50.46 / 55.50 / 61.05 / 67. 15

I got to thinking how I mustn't forget the value of a shorter ride when going from very out of shape to really in shape. I'm thinking this more forgiving format (below) would give me 4 weeks to train for end-of-month goal, and each week I could do a percentage format, of the monthly goal distance. It would give me more shorter rides, while increasing the goal at a longer steadier rate. Probably good for a 46 year old woman 45 pounds overweight. I'm thinking this format might be the one: first week 25% / second week 50% / third week 75% / fourth week 100%.

This would be riding minimal of riding once per week (remember, I hike every day, sometimes twice to exercize German Shepherd pup) I must remember if I really want to not sabotage my goal, I've got to be really conservative, and not overdoing the distance is of utmost importance !

My Personal Format theory would look like this :

March (10 mile goal) ~ week 1= 2.5 week 2 = 5 mi / week 3 = 7.5 / week 4 = 10
April (15 mile goal) ~ 3.75 mi / 7.5 / 11.25 / 15
May (20 mile goal) ~ 5 / 10 / 15/ 20
June (25 mile goal) ~ 6.25 / 12.5 / 18.75 / 25
July (30 mile goal) ~ 7.5 / 15 / 22.5 / 30
Aug (35 mile goal) ~ 8.75 / 17.5 / 26.25 / 35
Sep (40 mile goal) ~ 10 / 20 / 30 / 40
Oct (45 mile goal) ~ 11.25 / 22.5 / 33.75 / 45
Nov. (50 mile goal) ~ 12.5 / 25 / 37.5 / 50
Dec (55 mile goal) ~ 13.75 / 22.5 / 41.25 / 55
Jan (60 mile goal) ~ 15 / 30 / 45 / 60
Feb ( 65 mile goal) ~ 16.25 / 32.5 / 48.75 / 65

What do you think? Doable???