Thanks for the info everyone! I'm plugging away. Because I was going 30 this morning I packed a breakfast bar and stopped at mile 20 to eat it.

Question:

I have exactly 10 more weeks to train. Week 11 is the actual ride. I didn't ride the first two wkds of July (hiking trip to Norway, so I was exercising daily just not biking) and then last weekend I didn't ride outside (TOO HOT!!).

So I've had one wkd in July where I did 22 miles one day, 10 the other... and then this morning I did 30 miles.

Meaning: 11 weeks out and I'm only at 30 miles. Should I be worried?

I think I will do 30 miles next wkd, two days... and then each Saturday add 5 miles per day and do that one day, with half of that the next day (Sunday) each week. By the end of Sept I should be at 70 miles and then Oct 7 I'll do 80 and be done with it. Is that a good idea or am I bumping up too quickly?

I mostly only ride Sat and Sun although I am adding a few gym workouts during the week. Yoga and probably non-spinning class indoor cycling.